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MAN  UAL.  OF  FORMS 


Baptism,  Admission  to  the  Communion,  Administra- 
tion of  the  Lord's  Supper,  Marriage  and  Funerals, 
Ordination  of  Elders  and  Deacons,  etc. 


CONFORMED  TO   THE 


BY 


ARCHIBALD  ALEXANDER  HQDGE,'-£|^g;cal  Sg^^ 


NEW  AND  REWRITTEN  EDITION 


PrilLADELPIirA 
PRESBYTEEIAN  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION 
No.  i;«l  Chestnut  Street 


COPYRIGHT,    1882,    BY 

THE  TRUSTEES  OF  THE 

PRESBYTERIAN  BOARD  OF  PrBLICATIOK 


ALT.   JtlGBTS  RESERVED. 


Westcott  a  Thomson, 
f>terfotypers  and  Electrotypers.  Philada 


PREFACE 


Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the  founders  of  all 
the  several  national  branches  of  the  Reformed  Church 
l)repared  and  used  vvritten  formularies  of  public  worship 
(as,  e.  g.,  Calvin,  Knox,  the  authors  of  the  Dutch  and  the 
German  Reformed  Liturgies,  and  in  the  i^ext  century 
Richard  Baxter),  the  genius  of  Scottish  and  American 
Presbyterianism  has  discarded  them  as  uncongenial,  and 
the  matured  judgment  of  our  Church  has  pronounceo 
them  to  be  inexpedient.  The  action  of  our  recent  Gen 
eral  Assemblies  from  1873  to  1875  proves  that  the  mino 
of  the  Church  is  decidedly  averse  to  the  recommendation 
by  authority  of  even  the  simplest  forms  for  special  services. 
With  this  jealous  care  for  the  freedom  and  spirituality  of 
the  Church  the  compiler  of  this  little  manual  is  in  perfect 
sympathy. 

Nevertheless,  accurate  verbal  preparation  is  felt  by  all 
to  be  necessary  for  the  edifying  performance  of  certain 
special  services,  as,  for  instance,  the  administration  of 
Baptism  and  the  Lord's  Supper,  the  admission  of  the  bap- 
tized to  full  communion,  and  the  celebration  of  Marriage. 
Any  approximation  to  a  uniformity  of  method  in  these 
particulars  which  can  be  secured  without  the  sacrifice  of 

8 


4  PREFACE. 

freedom  and  adai^tability  to  varying  circumstances  will 
be  generally  welcomed.* 

The  very  spirit  of  liberty,  which  opposes  the  authori- 
tative recommendation  of  such  formulas  by  the  General 
Assembly,  will  approve  as  legitimate  such  offerings  to  the 
brethren  as  the  present,  made  by  private  persons,  and 
thoroughly  conformed  to  the  doctrinal  principles  of  the 
"Confession  of  Faith"  and  to  the  regulative  injunctions 
of  the  "  Directory  for  Worship." 

The  present  compiler  drew  up  from  various  sources  a 
"  Manual  of  Forms,"  which  he  presented  to  the  public  in 
the  year  1877  through  the  favorable  auspices  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Board  of  Publication.  Since  that  time  a  per- 
manent and  somewhat  general  demand  for  it  seems  to 
have  been  established  in  the  Church. 

In  order  to  render  it  more  worthy  this  Manual  now 
appears  in  a  greatly  improved  form,  in  which  the  com- 
piler has  great  confidence  in  coftimending  it  to  the  appro- 
bation and  use  of  his  brethren.  This  confidence  is  justi- 
fied by  the  fact  that  he  has  enjoyed  the  criticism  and 
effective  assistance  of  Drs.  James  O.  Murray  and  Francis 
L.  Patton,  and  of  Rev.  Edward  B.  Hodge,  and  that  a  very 
valuable  portion  of  the  new  work  is  borrowed  by  per- 
mission from   the   "Liturgy  of  the  Reformed   (Dutch) 

Church  in  America." 

A.  A.  HODGE. 

Prikceton,  N.  J.,  Sept.  19,  1882. 

*  See  report  of  committee  "  to  consider  and  report,  if  necessary,  a  for- 
mula for  recognition  of  members  admitted  to  church  privileges,"  to  Gen- 
eral Assemblv  of  1375. 


CONTENTS. 


pa«;e 

I.  Order  for  the  Baptism  of  Infants  ....       7 
II.  Order  for  the  Pl'BLic  Reception  into  Full 
OR  Confirmed   Communion  of  those    who 

have  been  Baptized  in  Infan'cy 16 

II r.  Order  for   the   Baptism  of  Adults  ....      22 
IV,  Order  for  the  Admini>tkati()N  of  the  Lord's 

Supper 28 

V.  Order  for  the  Solemnization  of  Marriage  .      4.3 
VI.  Order  for  the  Ordination  of  Elders  ...      51 
VII.  Order  for  the  Ordination  of  Deacons  .    .      58 
VIII.  Order  for  the  Dedication  of  a  Church  .    .      G4 
IX.  Order  for  the  Burial  of  the  Dead,  and 
Selections  of  Scriptures  to  re  Bead  at 
Funerals,  adapted  to  Various  Occasions.    72 
X.  Selections  of  Scriptures  and  Prayers  for 

the  Use  of  the  Pastor  in  the  Sick-Room.    91 
XI.  Hymns  for  the  Sick-Room,  and  for  Fune- 
rals     115 

XII.  The  Ten  Commandments,  Lord's  Prayer  and 

Creeds 122 


ORDER 


FOR  THE 


BAPTISM  OF  INFAI^TS. 


Holy  Baptism  signifietkto  us-**|^.  That 
;ve  and  our  children  are  coneeived  and  born 
in  sin,  and  therefore  cannot  enter  into  the 
kingdom  of  God  unless  we  are  born  again. 

-^.  It  witnesse^fi  and  seal^th  unto  us  the 
washing  away  of  our  sins  through  Jesus 
Clirist,  and  the  renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 
Therefore  we  are  baptized  in  the  name  of 
the  Father  and  of  the  Son  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost.       ,-3.j  .  . 

,;Sd.-^Where^Jui  all  covenants  there  are 
•eofietftiaed  two  parts;  tfeTefbre-.are  we  •%- 
■Gndj-.  through  baiDtism,  admonished  of  and 
obliged  unto  new  obedience — 4iam^,  that 
we  cleave  to  this  one  God,  Father,  Son  and 
Holy  Ghost ;  that  we'  trust  in  him  and  love 

7 


8  MANUAL    OF    FOKMS. 

hini  with  all  our  heart,  with  all  our  soul, 
with  all  our  mind  and  with  all  our  strength ; 
that  we  forsake  the  world,  crucify  our  old 
nature,  and  w^alk  in  a  new  and  holy  life. 

AnxL,_al though  our  young  children  do  not 
as  yet  understand  these  things,  they  are 
nevertheless  to  be  baptized  ;~ior  a.s  they  are, 
withoui-their  knowledge,  j)artakers  of  the 
condemnation  in  Adam,  so  are  they  again 
received  unto  grace  in  Christ,  as  God  speak- 
eth  to  us  through  Abraham,  the  father  of  all 
that  believe,  saying,  ''  I  will  establish  my 
covenant  between  me  and  thee,  and  thy  seed 
after  thee  in  their  generations,  for  an  ever- 
lasting covenant ;  to'  be  a  God  unto  thee, 
and  to  tliy  seed  after  thee."  -To  this  the 
apostle  Peter  also  testifies,  saying,  "  For  the 
promise -is  unto  yon  and  to  your  children,  ' 
iLndr-fce- all- 4liat- -are -afar  off,  even  as  many 
as  th^ -Lord- our  God  BhftU  call."  Therefore  ' 
God  formerly  commanded  them  to  be'  cir- 
cumcised, which  was  a  seal  of  the  covenant 
and  of  the  rio'hteousness  of  faith ;  and  there—- 
fee  Christ  also-  embraced  thein,  laid  his 
hands  upon  them  and  blessed  them: -^-o  '»l^*-^ 

^iia%  th^i,  baptism 'jg-  come  in  the  place 
of  circumcision,,  infiiits  are  to  be  baptized  as 


^    '^^  BAPTISM    or    INFANTS. 


lieirs    of    the    kingdom    and    covenant   of 

God/^ 

f,  Do   you,   therefore,   the   parents   of    this 

chiki,  accept   anew  the   covenant   of  grace 

as  offered  to  you  and  as  embracing  him  f^ 

^grjL-anjL  so  throughout,  as-4he~^)a8e   may 

he]? 

Inasmuch  as  this  Avater  is  God's  testimony 
that  the  child  you  have  brought  hither  is 
guilty  and  impure,  do  you  present  him 
herein  to  Christ,  that  he  may  receive  the 
forgiveness  of  sins  and  the  washing  of  re- 
generation and  the  renewing  of  the  Holy 
Ghost? 

Do  you  consecrate  your  child  to  the  Lord, 
and,  in  reliance  upon  divine  grace,  promise 
to  give  him  the  instruction  and  discipline 
enjoined  by  Christ  for  the  lambs  of  his 
flock? 

yUere  the  parents  shall  bow  assent.'] 

As  the  application  of  this  water,  presently 
to  be  made,  has  no  efficacy  of  its  own,  but  is 
only  a  symbol  of  the  gift  and  gracious  ojdc- 
ration  of  the  Holy  Ghost,,  let  us  now'  all, 

*  The  above,  slightly  modified,  is  borrowed  by  permission 
from  the  Liturgy  of  the  Reformed  Church  (Dutch)  in  America. 


10  MAiVUAL    OF    FORMS. 

with  one  accord,  call  upon  God  for  his  pres- 
ence and  blessing. 

\Here  let  the  Minister  iira\j  as  follows,  or  in  like  man- 
ner .•] 

Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven :  Father 
of  the  Only -begotten  and  Well -beloved 
Son,  our  Elder  Brother ;  Father  of  the  spir- 
its of  angels  and  of  men, — thou,  O  glorious 
Lord,  art  our  Father,  our  Redeemer;  from 
everlasting  is  thy  name.  Thine  eternal  and 
most  blessed  fatherhood  is  the  type  and 
source  of  ours,  for  in  making  us  in  thine 
own  image  thou  hast  crowned  us  likewise 
with  the  dignity  and  the  joys  of  parentage. 
Look  down  now,  therefore,  in  life-giving 
sympathy  upon  these  parents,  who  have 
brought  their  child  hither,  that  he  may  be 
dedicated  to  thy  service  and  made  an  heir 
of  thy  salvation.  Having  sinned,  and  their 
child  having  been  born  in  sin,  they  have  re- 
j)ented  and  seek  the  expiation  of  the  cross 
and  the  renewing  of  the  Holy  Spirit  for 
themselves  and  for  their  child.  Cause  them  to 
engage  in  these  baptismal  vows  intelligently 
and  with  2)erfect  sincerity.  And  grant  them 
always,  to  the  end,  the  quickening^  the  guid- 


BAPTISM    OF    INFANTS.  11 

aiRM.',  the  enabling  co-operation  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  in  all  their  attempts  to  fulfill  these 
vows  in  the  religious  instruction  and  disci- 
pline of  their  child. 

He  has  inherited  from  them  the  guilt  and 
pollution  of  an  evil  nature ;  may  he  be  re- 
newed after  the  image  of  God  in  righteous- 
ness and  true  holiness.  As  he  has  been 
born  of  the  flesh,  so  may  he  be  born  again 
of  the  Holy  Spirit.  As  he  has  borne  the 
image  of  the  earthy,  so  may  he  bear  the 
image  of  the  heavenly.  May  he  grow  like 
the  child  Jesus,  and  wax  strong  in  spirit, 
and  be  filled  Avitli  w^isdom ;  and  may  the 
grace  of  God  be  ujDon  him  until  he  come  in 
the  harmony  of  every  Christian  grace  unto 
a  perfect  man,  unto  the  measure  of  the 
stature  of  the  fullness  of  Christ.  May  he 
serve  thee  and  his  generation  all  the  days 
of  his  life  on  earth,  and  then  when  the  end 
comes  may  he  joyfully  take  Jijis  place  with 
the  Elder  Brother  in  liJi-wife>ken  family 
cij:cle  in  the  great  Father's  house.  This  we 
ask  for  this  child,  and  for  all  ow  sons  and 
daughters,  only  for  the  sake  of  thine  all- 
perfect  Son,  our  I^ord  and  Saviour,  Jesus 
Christ.     Amen. 


12 


MANUAL   OF    FORMS. 


[If  desired,  the  choir  may  chant  some  icords  of  Scripture, 
such  as  Ps.  ciii.  17,  18;  Mark  x.  14;  Acts  ii.  39.*] 

The  parent  now  handing  the  name  of  the 
child  in  icriting  to  the  minister,  (lie  latter 
shall  say  : 

N,  I  baptize  tliee  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,  of  the  Son  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 
Amex. 

[The  choir  concluding  their  chant,  Ezek.  xxxvi.  25,  26; 
Isa.  xliv.  3,  4,  and  Gloria  Pairi.-\^ 


'JU—        -H V-         ■— ^     —J \--A i- 

^     — t,      J  -fc     H  ^-H^   M^      ^:X__ID 

1  AxD  Jesus  said,  Suffer  little  children,  and  forbid  tliem 

not,  to  I  come  •'unto  ]  me;  |!  For  of  such  |  is  the  | 
kingdom  "of  |  heaven. 

2  He  shall  feed  j  his  flock  "like  a  j  shepherd:  ||  He  shall 

gather  the  lambs  with  his  arm,  and  |  carry  "them  | 
in  his  I  bosom. 

3  I  will  pour  my  Spirit  upon  thy  seed,  and  my  blessing 

up-  I  on  thine  |  offspring ;  Ij  And  they  shall  spring 
up  as  among  the  grass,  as  |  willows  "by  the  |  water- 
I  courses. 
t 

1  Thex  will  I   sprinkle   clean  |  water  "  u]>-  |  on  you,  || 

And  I  ye  shall  |  be —  |  clean : 

2  A    new  heart  also  |  will    I  |  give    you,  ||  And   a  new 

spirit  I  will  I  |  i)ut  with-  |  in  you, 


BAPTISM    Ol      IMAMS.  lo 

The  3Iinister  shall  then  my :  And  now, 
beloved,  I  exhort  you  to  teach  your  child 
to  read  the  word  of  God ;  to  instruct  Jiiin 
in  the  j)i'inci2^1es  -of  our  holy  religion,  as 
contained  in  the  Scriptures  of  the  Old 
and  New  Testaments,  ^m — exeeilent  sum- 
iixary  of- which,  rn  the'CoTifession  of  Faith 
and  (.ktechisms  of  this  Church,  is  com- 
mended to  you  for  your  direction-and:  asM&t- 
ance  in  the  discharge  of  this  important  duty  ; 
to  pray  w^ith  and  for  him;  to  set  an  example 
of  piety  and  godliness  before  him;  and  to 
endeavor  by  all  the  means  of  God's  appoint- 
ment to  bring  up  your  child  in  the  nurture 
and  admonition  of  the  Lord.  Directory  of 
Worship,  ch.  vii.,  §  iv. 

Furthermore,  you  are  to  teach  him  that 
he  is  \^  member  of  the  Church,  under  its 
care  ana\subject  to  its  government  i\nd  dis- 
cipline. (Biscipline,  ch.  i.,  §  vi.)  AnXl  that 
w^hen  Jie  contes  to  years  of  discretion,  if  he 
be  free  from  scabd^  and  has  sufficient  knowl- 

3  And  I  will  take  away  the  stony  heart  |  out  of  •'your  | 
flesh,  II  And  I  will  j  give  "  you  a  |  heart  of  |  flesh. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  and  |  to  tlie  |  Son :  ||  And  j  to 
the  I  Holy  |  Ghost ; 

As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  ever  |  shall 
be,  !|  World  |  without  |  end.     A-  |  men. 


14  MANUAL    OF    FORMS. 

edge  to  discern  the  Lord's  body,  and  so  wit- 
ness a  credible  profession  of  personal  faith, 
it  will  be  his  duty  and  privilege  to  come  to 
the  Lord's  Supper.  Dii^ctory  of  Worship, 
cli.  ix.,  §  V. 

May  the  blessing  of  the  God  of  the  cove- 
nant, the  God  of  Abraham,  of  Isaac  and  of 
Jacob,  the  God  of  your  fathers,  whom  w^e 
adore  as  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost,  be 
wdth  vou  and  vour  seed  for  ever.     Amen. 


NOTES. 


^  "The  infauts  of  one  or  both  believing  parents  are  to 
be  baptized."     Confession  of  Faith,  eh.  xxviii.,  §  4. 

^  It  is  obvious  that  the  infants  of  such  parents  only  as 
make  a  credible  profession  of  being  true  believers  should 
be  baptized,  since  the  "  Directory  for  Worship  "  demands 
that  the  parent  enter  before  God  and  the  Church  into 
"an  express  engagement"  (General  Assembly  of  1794, 
Moore's  Digest,  p.  666)  "  that  he  prays  with  and  for  the 
child;  that  he  sets  an  example  of  piety  and  godliness 
before  it,"  etc.  If  other  than  presumptively  believing — 
i.  e.,  professing — parents  be  encouraged  to  enter  this  en- 
gagement, the  covenant  is  made  void  and  "  the  seal  set 
to  a  blank."    General  Synod  1735,  Moor.^'s  Digest,  p.  GGo. 


EAl'TIS.M    OF    INFANTS.  15 

•|{  When  children  are  removed  Ironi  the  custody  of  their 
parents,  by  death  or  otherwise,  the  guardian  or  master 
who  has  undertaken  to  rear  them  may  present  them  for 
bapti^,  provided  he  possess  the  qualification  requisite 
for  having  his  own  children  baptized,  and  is  willing  to 
assume  the  obligation.     General  Assembly  1786. 

^  "  Although  it  is  proper  that  baptism  be  administered 
in  the  presence  of  the  congregation,  yet  there  may  be 
cases  when  it  will  be  expedient  to  administer  this  ordi- 
nance in  private  houses;  of  which  the  minister  is  to  be 
the  judge."     Directory  for  Worship,  ch.  vii.,  |  v. 

^  "  The  ethcacy  of  baptism  is  not  tied  to  that  moment 
of  time  wherein  it  is  administered ;  yet,  notwithstanding, 
by  the  right  use  of  this  sacrament  the  grace  promised  is 
not  only  offered,  but  really  exhibited  and  conferred  by 
the  Holy  Ghost,  to  such  (whether  of  age  or  infants)  as 
that  grace  belongetli  unto,  according  to  the  counsel  of 
God's  own  will,  in  his  appointed  time."  Confession  of 
Faith,  ch.  xxviii.,  I  vi. 

^  "  Although  it  be  a  great  sin  to  contemn  or  neglect 
this  ordinance,  yet  grace  and  salvation  are  not  so  insepa- 
rably annexed  unto  it  as  that  none  can  be  regenerated 
or  saved  without  it ;  or  that  all  that  are  baptized  are  un- 
doubtedly regenerated."     Confession  of  Faith,  ch.  xxviii.. 

1[  "  It  is  the  deliberate  and  unanimous  opinion  of  the 
Assembly  that  those  who  renounce  the  fundamental  doc- 
trines of  the  Trinity,  and  deny  that  Jesus  Christ  is  the 
same  in  substance,  equal  in  power  and  glory,  with  the 
Father,  cannot  be  recognized  as  ministers  of  the  g(3spel, 
and  that  their  ministrations  (baptism,  etc.)  are  wholly 
invalid."     General  Assembly  1814,  Moore's  Digest,  p.  660, 


ORDER 

FOR     THE 

PUBLIC  RECEPTION  IXTO  FULL  OR  CONFIRMED 

COMMUNION  OF  THOSE  WHO  HAVE  BEEN 

BAPTIZED   IN   INFANCY. 


[The  Candidates  sfajiding  before  the  3Iinister.] 

AVe,  the  pastor  and  peojile  of  Jesus  Christ 
by  the  will  of  God,  according  to  the  j^romise 
of  life  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus,  to  you  who, 
with  Timothy,  are  beloved  children  and  heirs 
of  the  Church,  grace,  mercy  and  j^eace  from 
God  the  Father  and  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord. 

AVe  thank  God  that  Avithout  ceasing^  we 
have  had  remembrance  of  you  in  our  pray- 
ers, greatly  desiring  to  see  your  souls  j)ros- 
2)er  and  be  in  health,  being  persuaded  that  the 
unfeigned  faith  which  dwelt  in  your  j)arents 
and  guardians  would  be  granted  to  you  also. 

AMiile  others  have  attained  this  freedom 
at  a  great  cost,  you  were  free-born,  being 
brought  into  the  Church  by  birth,  and  sealed 
by  baptism — the  seal  of  the  covenant — in  your 
infancy.  The  profit  of  your  church-mem- 
bership has  been  much,  every  way.  You 
have  inherited  the  benefits  of  the  new  and 
better  covenant,  nut  only  the  giving  of  the 


OKDEK  FOK  PUBLIC  KECEPTION.     1/ 

law  and  tlic  jiromises,  but  the  finished  work 
of  Christ,  the  dispensation  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
the  completed  oracles  of  God,  the  nurture  of 
the  Christian  family,  and  the  prayers,  instruc- 
tion and  discipline  of  the  Christian  Church. 

Haying  been  duly  instructed  in  the  doc- 
trine of  the  inspired  Word,  and  having  con- 
fessed your  2:)ersonal  faith  before  the  Session 
of  this  church,  you  now,  before  God  and  his 
people,  acknowledge  the  truth  of  the  doc- 
trines accepted  in  common  by  the  great 
body  of  evangelical  Christians. 

You  renew  and  publicly  ratify  the  cove- 
nant of  discipleship  which  your  parents  or 
guardians  sealed  uj)on  you  in  your  baj)tism. 

You  take  God  the  Father  to  be  your  Fa- 
ther ;  God  the  incarnate  Son  to  be  your 
Prophet,  your  Priest  and  your  King ;  and 
God  the  Holy  Ghost  to  be  your  Sanctifier 
and  Comforter. 

You  take  the  word  of  God  to  be  your  rule 
of  faith  and  conduct,  and  the  people  of  God 
to  be  your  people. 

You  promise,  with  the  assistance  of  divine 
grace,  to  continue  in  the  maintenance  of  this 
faith,  and  the  ^performance  of  all  the  duties 
which  flow  therefrom,  in  the  diligent  use  of 


18  MAXUAL    OF    FORMS. 

the  means  of  grace,  in  subjection  to  the  con- 
stituted authorities  of  tliis  -church,  and  in 
the  peace  and  love  and  mutual  edification 
of  the  brethren. 

Answer' :  I  do. 

I  give  you  charge,  then,  beloved,  in  the 
sight  of  God,  who  quickeneth  all  things,  and 
before  Jesus  Christ,  who  before  Pontius  Pilate 
witnessed  a  good  confession,  that  you  keep  this 
covenant,  without  spot,  unrebukable,  until  the 
appearing  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

In  the  name  of  the  Church,  and  of  Jesus 
Christ  her  Lord  and  Head,  I  now  welcome 
you  to  full  communion  with  the  23eople  of  God. 

The  mountains  shall  depart  and  the  hills 
be  removed,  but  my  kindness  shall  not  de- 
part from  you,  neither  shall  the  covenant 
of  my  peace  be  removed,  saith  the  Lord  that 
hath  mercy  on  you. 

The  Lord  bless  you  and  keep  you.  The 
Lord  make  his  face  to  shine  U230n  you  and 
be  gracious  unto  you.  The  Lord  lift  up  his 
countenance  upon  you  and  give  you  peace. 
Amen. 

[The  3Iinlster  may  then  offer  a  prayer,  as  follows,  or  in 
like  manner  ;] 

Heavenlv  Father,  we  thank  thee  that  thou 


ORDKK    lOH    PUBLIC"    KECEPTIOX.  lU 

hast  from  the  heginning  embraced  in  thy 
covenant  the  chikh-en  together  with  their 
parents.  We  tliank  thee  that  thou  didst  cast 
the  lot  of  these  thy  servants  in  the  Christian 
Church  from  the  first,  and  didst  grant  them 
all  the  manifold  blessings  of  Christian  cul- 
ture. We  bless  thee  that  thou  didst  in  their 
case  add  the  special  grace  of  thy  Holy  Spirit, 
so  that  of  their  own  wills  they  come  here  to- 
day to  confess  thy  truth  and  to  consecrate 
their  lives  to  thy  service.  We  earnestly  be- 
seech thee  that  thou  wilt  continue  to  carry 
on  the  good  work  thou  hast  commenced  in 
them  unto  the  day  of  complete  redemption. 
Increase  in  them  daily  the  manifold  gifts  of 
thy  grace,  the  spirit  of  wisdom  and  under- 
standing, the  spirit  of  counsel  and  might,  the 
spirit  of  knowledge  and  of  the  fear  of  the 
Lord.  Grant  them  the  happiness  of  promoting 
the  glory  of  their  Lord  and  the  edification  of 
his  people.  Deliver  them  in  the  temptations 
of  this  life  and  in  the  extreme  trial  of  death. 
And  in  that  day  wdien  thou  makest  up  thy 
jewels  set  these  thy  servants  also  in  thy 
crown,  that  they  may  shine  as  stars,  to  thy 
praise,  for  ever  and  ever.     Amen. 


20  MANUAL    OF    FORMS. 

NOTES. 


T[  "  Children  born  within  the  pale  of  the  visible  Church, 
and  dedicated  to  God  in  baptism,  are  under  the  inspection 
and  government  of  the  Church ;  and  are  to  be  taught  to 
read  and  repeat  the  Catechism,  the  Apostles'  Creed,  and 
the  Lord's  Prayer.  They  are  to  be  taught  to  pray,  to  ab- 
hor sin,  to  fear  God,  and  to  obey  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 
And  when  they  come  to  years  of  discretion,  if  they  be  free 
from  scandal,  appear  sober  and  steady,  and  to  have  suffi- 
cient knowledge  to  discern  the  Lord's  body,  they  ought  to 
be  informed  it  is  their  duty  and  privilege  to  come  to  the 
Lord's  Supper."     Directory  for  Worship,  ch.  ix.,  ^  i. 

1[  "  The  years  of  discretion  in  young  Christians  cannot 
be  precisely  fixed.  This  must  be  left  to  the  prudence  of 
the  eldership.  The  officers  of  the  Church  are  the  judges 
of  the  qualifications  of  those  to  be  admitted  to  sealing 
ordinances,  and  of  the  time  when  it  is  proper  to  admit 
young  Christians  to  them,  who  shall  be  examined  as  to 
their  knowledge  and  piety."  Directory  for  Worship,  ch. 
ix.,  U  ii.,  iii. 

^  In  the  Presbyterian  Church  all  applicants  for  ad- 
mission to  full  communion,  whether  baptized  in  infancy 
and  therefore  members  of  the  Church,  or  not,  are  ad- 
mitted thereto  only  by  the  Session,  to  whom  they  make  a 
credible  profession  of  their  faith.  But  it  is  the  custom  in 
many  congregations,  and  is  eminently  fitting,  for  the  new 
communicant,  whose  incomplete  church-membership  is 
now  confirmed,  to  profess  his  faith  and  renew  his  vows  in 
the  presence  of  all  the  brotherhood.  Ayid  ii  is  especially 
desirable  that  the  Confirmation,  or  admssion  to  full  com- 
munion, of  baptized  church-members  should  be  Jcept  entirely 
separate  from  the  Baptism  of  Adults  who  have  hitherto  been 


ORDER  FOR  PUBLIC  RECEPTION.     21 

aliens  from  all  church  relations,  which  is  altogether  a  different 
ordinance. 

1[  "  It  was  anciently  customary  for  the  children  of  Chris- 
tians, after  they  had  grown  up,  to  appear  before  the  chief 
pastor  and  people  to  fulfill  that  duty  which  was  required 
of  such  adults  as  presented  themselves  for  baptism.  The 
infants,  therefore,  who  had  been  initiated  by  baptism,  not 
having  then  given  a  confession  of  faith  to  the  Church, 
were  again,  toward  the  end  of  their  boyhood  or  on  adoles- 
cence, brought  forward  by  their  parents,  and  were  exam- 
ined by  the  pastor  in  terms  of  the  Catechism  which  was 
then  in  common  use.  In  order  that  this  act,  which  other- 
wise justly  required  to  be  grave  and  holy,  might  have  more 
reverence  and  dignity,  the  ceremony  of  laying  on  of  hands 
was  used."     Calvin's  Institutes,  bk.  iv.,  ch.  xix.  4. 

Then,  having  argued  against  the  papal  and  prelatical 
perversion  of  this  primitive  rite,  Calvin  says  :  "  I  wish  we 
could  retain  the  custom  (Confirmation)  which,  as  I  have 
observed,  existed  in  the  early  Church  before  this  abortive 
mask  of  a  sacrament  appeared."  Institutes,  bk.  iv.,  ch. 
xix.  12,  13. 

^  "  It  is  a  great  mistake,  therefore,  to  represent  Con- 
firmation as  a  prelatical  service.  In  one  form  or  another 
it  is  the  necessary  sequence  of  Infant  Baptism,  and  must 
be  adopted  wherever  pedobaptism  prevails."  ..."  Con- 
firmation, as  a  solemn  service,  in  which  those  recognized 
in  their  infancy  as  members  of  the  Church  on  the  faith 
of  their  parents  are  confirmed  in  their  church  standing 
on  the  profession  of  their  own  faith,  is  retained  in  form 
or  in  substance  in  all  Protestant  churches."  Dr.  Charles 
Hodge,  Princeton  Review,  1855,  p.  445;  Church  Politu,  pp. 
157,  158. 


ORDER 

FOE   THE 

BAPTISM  OF  ADULTS. 


IxASMUCH  as  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus 
Christ  has  given  authority  and  command- 
ment to  his  disciples  to  teach  all  nations, 
baptizing  them  in  the  name  of  the  Father 
and  of  the  Son  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost;  and 
hath  declared  that  he  that  believeth  and  is 
baptized  shall  be  saved,  for  with  the  heart 
man  believeth  unto  righteousness  and  with 
the  mouth  confession  is  made  unto  salva- 
tion :  this  person,  having  witnessed  a  credible 
profession  before  the  Session,  now  comes  for- 
ward to  obey  this  commandment.  And  in- 
asmuch as  we  baptize  only  with  water,  and 
administer  the  outward  and  visible  sign, 
while  the  Lord  himself  alone  baj^tizes  with 
the  Holy  Ghost  and  with  fire,  and  com- 
municates the  inward  spiritual  grace  which 

22 


ORDER    FOR    BAPTIS.M    OF    ADULTS.  23 

washing  with  water  signifies,  let  us  now  witli 
one  accord  invoke  the  presence  and  bLessing 
of  God. 

[  The  Minister  shall  then  offer  the  following  or  a  similar 
prayer ;] 

Most  holy  and  merciful  Father,  when  thy 
Son  our  Lord  and  Saviour  gave  commission 
to  his  disciples  to  teach  all  nations,  baptizing 
them  in  thy  name,  and  teaching  them  all 
his  commandments,  he  did  also  promise  to 
be  with  them  alway  even  to  the  end  of  the 
world.  In  faith  in  this  promise  and  in  obe- 
dience to  this  commandment  we  present  unto 
thee  this  thy  servant,  who,  repenting  of  and 
renouncing  all  sin,  accej)ts  thy  salvation,  and 
humbly  desires  to  put  on  the  sacramental 
seal  and  badge  of  discipleship.  May  the 
blood  of  Christ,  who  through  the  eternal 
Spirit  offered  himself  without  spot  to  God, 
purge  his  conscience  from  dead  works  to 
serve  the  living  God.  Baptize  him,  O  Lord, 
we  beseech  thee,  with  the  Holy  Ghost  and 
with  fii'e.  Purify  and  j)urge  liim  like  gold 
and  silver,  that  he  may  offer  unto  the  Lord 
an  offering  in  righteousness. 

As  he  is  hereby  enrolled  with  the  soldiers 
of  the  cross,  clothe  him,  we  pray,  with  the 


24  MANUAL   OF    FOKMS. 

whole  armor  of  God — the  breastplate  of 
righteousness,  the  shield  of  faith,  the  helmet 
of  salvation,  and  the  sword  of  the  Spirit — 
that,  Ms  loins  girt  about  with  truth  and  his 
feet  shod  with  the  preparation  of  the  gospel 
of  peace,  he  may  be  able  to  withstand  in  the 
evil  day,  and  having  done  all  to  stand.  And 
so  mightily  work  in  him  by  thy  light  and 
thy  power  that  he  may  be  23reserved  from 
all  error,  and  maintained  in  the  patience, 
perseverance  and  victory  of  thy  saints ;  so 
that  his  name  may  not  be  blotted  out  of  thy 
book  of  life,  but  that  he  may  have  place 
with  them  of  every  nation  who,  coming  out 
of  great  tribulation,  have  washed  their  robes 
and  made  them  white  in  the  blood  of  the 
Lamb.     Amex. 

Then  the  3Iinister  shall  say :  Do  you  be- 
lieve in  God  the  Father  Almighty,  Maker 
of  heaven  and  earth  ? 

Answer :  I  do. 

Do  you  believe  in  Jesus  Christ  his  only 
Son,  our  Lord,  who  was  conceived  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  born  of  the  Virgin  Mary,  suf- 
fered under  Pontius  Pilate,  was  crucified, 
dead  and  buried ;  who  on  the  third  day 
rose   again   from    the    dead ;    who  ascended 


ORDER  FOR  BAPTISM  OF  ADULT8.    25 

into  heaven,  and  sittetli  at  the  right  hand 
of  God  the  Father  Almighty ;  from  tliencc 
he  shall  come  to  jndge  the  qnick  and  the 
dead? 

Answer :  I  do. 

Do  you  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost,  the 
holy  catholic  Church,  the  communion  of 
saints,  the  forgiveness  of  sins,  the  resur- 
rection of  the  body,  and  the  life  everlasting  ? 

Answer :  I  do. 

Is  it  your  desire  to  be  baptized  in  this 
faith? 

A7iswer :  It  is. 

Having  confessed  your  sin,  and  having 
embraced  Christ  as  your  Saviour,  do  you 
submit  to  him  as  your  Teacher,  and  is  it 
your  purpose  faithfully  to  obey  and  serve 
him  as  your  Lord  and  Master  as  long  as 
you  live  ? 

Ansiver :  It  is. 

\If  desired,  the  choir  may  chant  some  passage  of  Scripture 
as  Ps.  ciii.  17,  18*] 

*  Psalm  ciii.  17,  18. 

But  the  mercy  of  the  Lord  is  from  everlasting  to  ever- 
lasting upon  them  that  fear  him,  and  his  righteousness 
unto  children's  children  ; 

To  such  as  keep  his  covenant,  and  to  those  that  re- 
member his  commandments  to  do  them. 


26  MANUAL   OF    FORMS. 

The  candidate  kneeling,  the  minister  shall 
say: 

N,  I  baptize  thee  in  the  name  of  the  Fa- 
ther, and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 
Amen. 

[Choir  cha7iting  Ezek.  xxxvi.  25,  26,  and  Gloria  Fatri.^] 

Then  shall  the  Miriister  charge  the  newly 
baptized,  as  folloivs :  Seeing,  beloved,  that 
you  have  now  j)ublicly  professed  your  faith 
and  received  the  sacramental  seal  of  that 
covenant  whereby  you  are  dedicated  to 
Christ,  and  Christ  with  all  the  benefits  of 
his  redemption  is  made  yours  for  ever,  give 
all  diligence  to  make  your  calling  and  elec- 
tion sure ;  adding  to  your  faith  virtue,  and 
to  virtue  knowledge,  and  to  knowledge  tem- 
perance, and  to  temperance  patience,  and  to 
patience  godliness,  and  to  godliness  brother- 

*  EzEKiEL  xxxvi.  25,  26. 

Then  will  I  sprinkle  clean  water  upon  you,  and  ye 
shall  be  clean:  from  all  your  filthiness,  and  from  all 
your  idols,  will  I  cleanse  you. 

A  new  heart  also  will  I  give  you,  and  a  new  spirit  will 
I  put  within  you :  and  I  will  take  away  the  stony  heart 
out  of  your  flesh,  and  I  will  give  you  an  heart  of  flesh. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  and  to  the  Son,  and  to  the 
Holy  Ghost,  as  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  ever 
shall  be,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


ORDER    FOR    BAPTISM    OF    ADUITS.         27 

ly  kindness,  and  to  brotlierly  kindness  char- 
ity; for  if  these  things  be  in  you  and  abound, 
they  make  you  that  you  shall  neither  be  bar- 
ren nor  unfruitful  in  the  knowledge  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ.  For  so  an  entrance  shall 
be  ministered  unto  you  abundantly  into  the 
everlasting  kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour 
Jesus  Christ. 

And  now,  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  I 
commend  you  as  a  member  of  the  holy 
catholic  Church  to  the  confidence,  the  love 
and  the  care  of  the  brethren.  And  may  the 
grace  of  our  I^ord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  love 
of  God,  and  the  communion  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  be  with  you  for  ever.     Amex. 


NOTES. 


%  "  Baptism  is  not  to  be  admiuistered  to  any  that  are 
out  of  the  visible  Church,  and  so  strangers  from  the  cove- 
nant of  promise  till  they  profess  faith  in  Christ  and  obe- 
dience to  him."     Larger  Catechism,  Q.  166. 

^  "  "When  unbaptized  persons  apply  for  admission  to 
the  visible  Church,  they  shall,  in  ordinary  cases,  after 
giving  satisfaction  with  respect  to  their  knowledge  and 
piety,  make  a  public  profession  of  their  faith  in  the  pres- 
ence of  the  congregation,  and  thereupon  be  baptized." 
Directory  for  Worship,  ch.  ix.,  ^  4. 


ORDER 

FOE,   THE 

ADMINISTRATION  OF  THE  LORD'S  SUIPER. 


Heak  the  words  of  the  institution  of  this 
holy  Supper  of  our  Lord,  as  given  by  reve- 
lation to  his  apostle  Paul,  and  recorded  in 
the  eleventh  chapter  of  the  First  Epistle  to 
the  Corinthians : 

For  I  have  received  of  the  Lord  that 
which  also  I  delivered  unto  you,  That  the 
Lord  Jesus,  the  same  night  in  which  he  was 
betrayed,  took  bread :  and  when  he  had  given 
thanks  he  brake  it  and  said.  Take,  eat,  this 
is  my  body  which  is  broken  for  you ;  this  do 
in  remembrance  of  me.  After  the  same 
manner  also,  he  took  the  cup  when  he  had 
suj)ped,  saying,  This  cup  is  the  new  testa- 
ment in  my  blood ;  this  do  ye,  as  oft  as  ye 
drink  it,  in  remembrance  of  me.  For  as 
often  as  ye  eat  this  bread  and  drink  this 

28 


ADMINISTRATION    OF    THE    LORD\s    ^SUPPER.  29 

cup,  ye  do  show  the  Lord's  death  till  he 
come. 

It  is  my  solemn  duty  to  warn  the  profane 
(which  includes  the  thoroughly  worldly), 
the  ignorant  (those  who  for  lack  of  instruc- 
tion or  of  intelligence  are  unable  to  practi- 
cally understand  the  plan  of  salvation),  the 
scandalous  and  those  that  secretly  indulge 
themselves  in  any  known  sin,  not  to  ap- 
proach the  holy  table. 

On  the  other  hand,  it  is  my  high  privilege 
to  invite,  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  to 
his  holy  table  all  such  as,  sensible  of  their 
lost  and  helpless  state  of  sin,  depend  upon 
the  atonement  of  Christ  for  pardon  and  ac- 
ceptance with  God ;  such  as,  being  instructed 
in  the  gospel  doctrine,  have  a  competent 
knowledge  to  discern  the  Lord's  body ;  and 
all  such  as  desire  to  renounce  their  sins  and 
are  determined  to  lead  a  holy  and  godly  life. 

Especially  all  who,  professing  allegiance 
to  our  common  Redeemer,  are  members  in 
good  standing  in  evangelical  churches  are 
cordially  w^elcomed  by  us  to  a  seat  at  our 
Master's  table.  For  we  being  many  are  one 
bread  and  one  body :  for  we  are  all  partakers 
of  that  one  bread.     1  Cor.  x.  17. 


30  MANUAL    OF    FORMH. 

[The  congregation  shkll  then  sing  an  appropriate  sacra- 
menial  hymn,  such  05  "  0  bread  to  pilgrims  given,"  or 
'•  My  God,  and  is  thy  table  spread,"  or  "  According  to 
thy  gracious  word." 

[Then  the  minister  shall  ojfer  a  solemn  prayer  of  Invo- 
cation, Consecration  ("setting  the  elements  apart").  Con- 
fession and  Supplication  for  the  indwelling  and  communion 
of  the  Father  and  the  Son  through  the  Spirit. \ 

Administration  of  the  Bread. 
The  bread  and  ivine  being  thus  set  apart 
by  prayer  and  thanksgiving,  the  minister  is 
to  take  the  bread  and  break  it  *  m  the  view 
of  the  people,  saying :  Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
on  tlie  same  niglit  in  which  he  was  betrayed, 
having  taken  bread  and  blessed  it,  and  broken 
it,  gave  it  to  his  disciples ;  as  I,  ministering 
in  his  name,  give  this  bread  unto  you,  saying 
\Jiere  the  bread  is  to  be  distributed^,  Take, 
eat:  this  is  my  body  which  is  broken  for 
you ;  this  do  in  remembrance  of  me. 

[If  for  any  reason  it  be  thought  inexpedient  to  leave  the 
communicants  to  their  oicn  silent  meditations  through  the 
whole  time  occupied  by  the  distribution  of  the  elements,  the 
minister  should  read  slowly  such  of  our  Lord's  own  words  as 
the  following  .•] 

The  bread  which  we  break,  is  it  not  the 
communion  of  the  body  of  Christ  ?     (1  Cor. 

*  This  action  is  symbolical  of  the  rending  of  Christ's  body 
on  the  tree,  and  shoidd  be  done  only  once  and  in  a  dignified 
manner. 


ADMIXISTKATIOX    OF    THK    LoKd's    Sl'PPEK.  /il 

X.  10.)  Tliis  is  that  bi'ead  .vhicli  came  down 
from  heaven.  He  that  eateth  of  this  bread 
shall  live  for  ever.     John  vi.  58. 

He  is  despised  and  rejected  of  men :  a 
man  of  sorrows  and  acquainted  with  grief; 
and  we  hid  as  it  were  our  faces  from  him ; 
he  Avas  despised  and  we  esteemed  him  not. 
Surely  he  hath  borne  our  griefs  and  carried 
our  sorrows:  yet  we  did  e^^tteem  him  stricken, 
smitten  of  God  and  afflicted.  But  he  was 
wounded  for  our  transgressions ;  he  was 
bruised  for  our  iniquities ;  the  chastisement 
of  our  peace  was  upon  him,  and  with  his 
stripes  we  are  healed.  All  we  like,  sheep 
have  gone  astray ;  we  have  turned  every  one 
to  his  own  way;  and  the  Lord  hath  laid  on 
him  the  iniquity  of  us  all.  He  was  op- 
pressed and  he  was  afflicted,  yet  he  opened 
not  his  mouth  ;  he  is  brought  as  a  lamb  to 
the  slaughter,  and  as  a  sheep  before  her 
shearers  is  dumb,  so  he  opened  not  his 
mouth.  He  was  taken  from  prison  and 
from  judgment,  and  who  shall  declare  his 
generation?  for  he  was  cut  off  out  of  the 
land  of  the  living :  for  the  transgression  of 
my  people  was  he  stricken.  And  he  made 
his   grnve  with    the   wicked,   and   with   the 


MAXUAL    or    FUKMS. 


rich  in  his  death ;  because  he  hath  done  no 
violence,  neither  was  any  deceit  in  his  mouth. 
Yet  it  pleased  the  Lord  to  bruise  him ;  he 
hath  jDut  him  to  grief:  when  thou  shalt  make 
his  soul  an  offering  for  sin,  he  shall  see  his 
seed;  he  shall  j^rolong  his  days,  and  the 
pleasure  of  the  Lord  shall  prosper  in  his 
hand.  He  shall  see  of  the  travail  of  his 
soul,  and  shall  be  satisfied :  by  his  knowl- 
edge shall  my  righteous  servant  justify 
many;  for  he  shall  bear  their  iniquities. 
Therefore  will  I  divide  him  a  j)ortion  with 
the  great,  and  he  shall  divide  the  spoil  with 
the  strong ;  because  he  hath  j)Oured  out  his 
soul  unto  death :  and  he  was  numbered  with 
the  transgressors ;  and  he  bare  the  sin  of 
many,  and  made  intercession  for  the  trans- 
gressors.    Isa.  liii. 

Come  unto  me,  all  ye  that  labor  and  are 
hea\^  laden,  and  I  will  give  you  rest.  Matt, 
xi.  28. 

For  God  so  loved  the  world  that  he  gave 
his  onlv-beo'otten  Son,  that  whosoever  be- 
lieveth  on  him  should  not  perish,  but  have 
everlastino;  life.     John  iii.  16. 

For  the  Son  of  man  is  come  to  seek  and 
to  save  that  which  was  lost.     Luke  xix.  10. 


ADMINISTRATION    OF   THE    LORd'S   SUPPER.  33 

Look  unto  me  and  be  ye  saved,  all  ye 
ends  of  the  earth.     Isa.  xlv.  22. 

All  that  the  Father  giveth  me  shall  come 
to  me,  and  him  that  cometh  to  me  I  will  in 
no  wise  east  out.     John  vi.  37.. 

Ye  have  not  chosen  me,  but  I  have  chosen 
you  and  ordained  you,  that  ye  should  go 
and  bring  forth  fruit,  and  that  your  fruit 
should  remain :  that  whatsoever  ye  shall  ask 
of  the  Father  in  my  name,  he  may  give  it 
you.     John  xv.  16. 

Therefore,  I  say  unto  you.  What  things 
soever  ye  desire  when  ye  pray,  believe  that 
ye  receive  them,  and  ye  shall  have  them. 
Mark  xi.  24. 

According  to  your  Mtli  be  it  unto  you. 
Matt.  ix.  29. 

Write :  Blessed  are  they  which  are  called 
unto  the  marriage-supper  of  the  Lamb.  Rev. 
xix.  9. 

For  the  Bread  of  God  is  he  which  com- 
eth down  from  heaven  and  giveth  life  unto 
the  world.  ...  I  am  that  Bread  of  life.  He 
that  cometh  to  me  shall  never  hunger,  and 
he  that  believeth  on  me  shall  never  thirst. 
John  vi.  33-35. 


34  MA^OJAL   OF    FOEMS. 

Whoso  eateth  my  flesh  and  drinketh  my 
blood  hath  eternal  life.     John  vi.  54. 

It  is  the  Sj)irit  that  quickeneth,  the  flesh 
profiteth  nothing:  the  words  that  I  speak 
unto  you,  they  are  spirit,  and  they  are  life. 
John  yi.  63. 

He  that  hath  an  ear  let  him  hear  what 
the  Sj^irit  saith  unto  the  churches :  To  him 
that  overcometh  will  I  give  to  eat  of  the 
hidden  manna.     E,ev.  ii.  17. 

He  that  overcometh,  the  same  shall  be 
clothed  in  white  raiment;  and  I  will  not 
blot  out  his  name  out  of  the  book  of  life; 
but  I  will  confess  his  name  before  my  Fa- 
ther, and  before  his  angels.     Rev.  iii.  5. 

The  Admixistratiox  of  the  Wixe. 
The  minister  shall  say:  After  the  same 
manner  our  Saviour  also  took  the  cup ;  and 
having  given  thanks,  as  hath  been  done  in 
liis  name,  he  gave  it  to  his  disciples,  saying 
[while  the  minister  is  repeating  these  words 
let  him  give  the  cup]  :  This  cup  is  the  new 
testament  in  my  blood,  which  is  shed  for 
many  for  the  remission  of  sins :  drink  ye 
all  of  it. 

[Jff"  deemed  desirable,  the  minister  during  the  distrihutlon  of 
the  cup  may  slowly  read  the  Lord's  words,  as  follows .-] 


ADMINISTRATION   OF   THE   LORD's   SUPPER.  35 

The  cup  of  blessing  wliicli  we  bless,  is  it 
not  the  communion  of  the  blood  of  Christ  ? 
1  Cor.  X.  11. 

I  acknowledge  my  transgressions ;  and  my 
sin  is  ever  before  me.  Against  thee,  thee 
only,  have  I  sinned  and  done  this  evil  in 
thy  sight:  that  thou  mightest  be  justified 
when  thou  speakest,  and  be  clear  when  thou 
judgest.  Behold,  I  was  shapen  in  iniquity, 
and  in  sin  did  my  mother  conceive  me. 
Purge  me  with  hysso23,  and  I  shall  be  clean; 
wash  me,  and  I  shall  be  wliiteT  than  snow. 
Create  in  me  a  clean  heart,  O  God,  and  re- 
new a  right  spirit  within  me.  Cast  me  not 
away  from  thy  presence,  and  take  not  thy 
Holy  Spirit  from  me.  Restore  unto  me  the 
joys  of  thy  salvation ;  and  uphold  me  by 
thy  free  sj^irit.     Ps.  li.  3-12. 

If  we  confess  our  sins,  he  is  faithful  and 
just  to  forgive  us  our  sins,  and  to  cleanse  us 
from  all  unrighteousness.  The  blood  of  Je- 
sus Christ,  his  Son,  cleanseth  us  from  all  sin. 
1  John  i.  7-9. 

So  when  they  had  dined,  Jesus  said  to  Si- 
mon Peter :  Simon,  son  of  Jonas,  lovest 
thou  me  more  than  these?  And  he  said 
unto  him,  Lord,  thou  knowest  all   things, 


36  majstjal  of  foems. 

thou  knowest  that  I  love  thee.     John  xxi. 
15-17. 

Heiiceforth  I  call  you  not  servants;  for 
the  servant  knoweth  not  what  his  lord  do- 
eth ;  but  I  have  called  you  friends ;  for  all 
things  that  I  have  heard  of  my  Father  I 
have  made  known  unto  you.     John  xv.  15. 

Greater  love  hath  no  man  than  this,  that 
a  man  lay  down  his  life  for  his  friends. 
John  XV.  13. 

Fear  not,  little  flock,  for  it  is  your  Fa- 
ther's good  pleasure  to  give  you  the  king- 
dom.    Luke  xii.  32. 

Behold,  I  stand  at  the  door,  and  knock: 
if  any  man  hear  my  voice  and  open  the 
door,  I  will  come  in  to  him,  and  will  sup 
with  him,  and  he  with  me.  To  him  that 
overcometh  will  I  grant  to  sit  with  me  in 
my  throne,  even  as  I  also  overcame,  and  am 
set  down  with  my  Father  in  his  throne.  He 
that  hath  an  ear,  let  him  hear  what  the  Spirit 
saith  unto  the  churches.     Rev.  iii.  20-22. 

I  am  the  A^ine,  ye  are  the  branches:  he 
that  abideth  in  me  and  I  in  him,  the  same 
bringeth  forth  much  fruit ;  for  without  me, 
ye  can  do  nothing.     John  xv.  5. 

The  cujD  of  blessing  which  we  bless,  is  it 


ADMIJflSTRATION   OF   THE   LORD's  SUPPER.  37 

not  the  communion  of  the  blood  of  Christ  ? 
The  bread  wliich  we  break,  is  it  not  the  com- 
munion of  the  body  of  Christ?    1  Cor.  x.  16. 

Except  ye  eat  the  flesh  of  the  Son  of  man, 
and  drink  his  blood,  ye  have  no  life  in  you. 
John  vi.  53. 

It  is  God  that  justifieth :  who  is  he  that 
condemneth?  It  is  Christ  that  died,  yea 
rather,  that  is  risen  again,  who  is  even  at  the 
right  hand  of  God,  who  also  maketli  inter- 
cession for  us.  A\^io  shall  sej^arate  us  from 
the  love  of  Christ  ?  shall  tribulation,  or  dis- 
tress, or  persecution,  or  famine,  or  nakedness, 
or  peril,  or  sword  ?  Nay,  in  all  these  things 
we  are  more  than  conquerors  through  Him 
that  loved  us.  For  I  am  persuaded,  that 
neither  death,  nor  life,  nor  angels,  nor  princi- 
palities, nor  powers,  nor  things  present,  nor 
things  to  come,  nor  height,  nor  depth,  nor 
any  other  creature,  shall  be  able  to  sej)arate 
us  from  the  love  of  God,  which  is  in  Christ 
Jesus  our  Lord.     Eom.  viii.  33-39. 

I  will  not  drink  henceforth  of  this  fruit 
of  the  vine,  until  that  day  when  I  drink  it 
new  with  you  in  my  Father's  kingdom. 
Matt.  xxvi.  29. 

Father,  I  will  that  they  also  whom  thou 


38  MANUAL   OF   FORMS. 

hast  given  me,  be  with  me  where  I  am,  that 
they  may  behold  my  glory  which  thou  hast 
given  me;  for  thou  loveclst  me  before  the 
foundation  of  the  world.     John  xvii.  24. 

They  shall  hunger  no  more,  neither  thirst 
any  more,  neither  shall  the  sun  light  on 
them,  nor  any  heat.  For  the  Lamb,  which 
is  in  the  midst  of  the  throne,  shall  feed 
them,  and  shall  lead  them  unto  living  foun- 
tains of  waters ;  and  God  shall  wipe  away  all 
tears  from  their  eyes.     Rev.  vii.  16,  17. 

He  which  testifieth  these  things  saith, 
Surely,  I  come  quickly :  Amen ;  even  so, 
come  Lord  Jesus.     Rev.  xxii.  20. 

{After  the  Communion  the  minister  shall  say  :\ 

Beloved,  since  the  Lord  hath  now  fed  our 
souls  at  his  table,  let  us  jointly  praise  his 
holy  name  with  thanksgiving,  every  one 
saying  in  his  heart  thus  : 

Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul,  and  all  that  is 
within  me  bless  his  holy  name;  bless  the 
Lord,  O  my  soul,  and  forget  not  all  his 
benefits. 

Who  forgiveth  all  thine  iniquities;  who 
healeth  all  thy  diseases ;  who  redeemeth  thy 
life  from  destruction;  who  crowneth  thee 
with  loving-kindnesses  and  tender  mercies. 


ADMINISTRATIOX   OF   THE   LORD's   SUPPER.  39 

The  Lord  is  merciful  and  gracious,  slow 
to  anger  and  plenteous  in  mercy.  He  hath 
not  dealt  with  us  after  our  sins,  nor  rewarded 
us  according  to  our  iniquities. 

For  as  the  heaven  is  high  above  the  earth, 
so  great  is  his  mercy  toward  them  that  fear 
him.  As  far  as  the  east  is  from  the  w^est,  so 
far  hath  he  removed  our  transgressions  from 
us.  Like  as  a  father  pitieth  his  children,  so 
the  Lord  pitieth  them  that  fear  him. 

He  that  spared  not  his  own  Son,  but  de- 
livered him  up  for  us  all,  how  shall  he  not 
WTLtli  him  also  freely  give  us  all  things? 
God  commendeth  his  love  toward  us,  in  that 
while  we  were  yet  sinners  Christ  died  for  us. 
Much  more  then,  being  now  justified  by  his 
blood,  we  shall  be  saved  from  wrath  through 
him.  For  if  when  we  were  enemies  we  were 
reconciled  to  God  by  the  death  of  his  Son, 
much  more  being  reconciled  we  shall  be 
saved  by  his  life.  Therefore  shall  my 
mouth  and  heart  show  forth  the  praise  of 
the  Lord  from  this  time  forth  for  evermore. 
Amen.* 

[  Then  the  minister  shall  offer  a  solemn  prayer  :  Of  ThanJ:s- 

^  The  above  thanksgiving  is  borrowed  by  permission  from 
the  Liturgy  of  the  Reformed  (Dutch)  Church. 


40  MANUAL   OF   FOEMS. 

giving,  of  Consecration,  of  Intercession  for  absent  Communi-' 
cants,  for  Baptized  Children  and  for  the  Church  Universal, 
[77ien  the  congregation  shall  sing  an  appropriate  hymn^ 
such  as  "  All  hail  the  power  of  Jesus'  name."] 

Benediction  : 

Now  the  God  of  j)eace  that  brought  again 
from  the  dead  our  Lord  Jesus,  that  great 
Shepherd  of  the  sheep,  through  the  blood 
of  the  everlasting  covenant,  make  you  per- 
fect in  every  good  work  to  do  his  will; 
working  in  you  that  which  is  well-pleasing 
in  his  sight,  through  Jesus  Christ,  to  whom 
be  glory  for  ever  and  ever.     Amen. 


NOTES. 


^  "  As  the  body  and  blood  of  Christ  are  not  corporally 
or  carnally  present  in,  with,  or  under  the  bread  and  wine 
in  the  Lord's  Supper ;  and  yet  are  spiritually  present  to 
the  faith  of  the  receivers,  no  less  truly  and  really  than  the 
elements  themselves  are  to  their  outward  senses ;  so  they 
that  worthily  communicate  in  the  sacrament  of  the  Lord's 
Supper,  do  therein  feed  upon  the  body  and  blood  of  Christ, 
not  after  a  corporal  or  carnal,  but  in  a  spiritual  manner ; 
yet  truly  and  really,  while  by  faith  they  receive  and  ap- 
ply unto  themselves  Christ  crucified,  and  all  the  benefits' 
of  his  death."    Larger  Catechism,  Q.  170. 


ADMIXISTRATIOX   OF   THE    LORD's   SUPPER.  41 

^  "One  who  doubteth  of  his  being  in  Christ,  or  of  his 
due  preparation  to  the  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper, 
may  have  true  interest  in  Christ,  though  he  be  not  yet 
assured  thereof;  and  in  God's  account  hath  it,  if  he  be 
duly  affected  with  the  apprehension  of  the  want  of  it,  and 
unfeignedly  desires  to  be  found  in  Christ  and  to  depart 
from  all  iniquity."     Larger  Catechism,  Q.  172. 

^  "  Such  as  are  found  to  be  ignorant  or  scandalous, 
notwithstanding  their  profession  of  the  faith,  and  desire 
to  come  to  the  Lord's  Supper,  may  and  ought  to  be  kept 
from  that  sacrament  by  the  power  which  Christ  hath  left 
in  his  Church,  until  they  receive  instruction,  and  mani- 
fest their  reformation."     Larger  Catechism,  Q.  173. 

^  It  is  especially  to  be  remembered  that  since  the  "sac- 
raments are  seals  of  the  covenant  of  grace,"  formed  between 
Christ  and  his  people,  and  since  in  the  Lord's  Supper  "the 
worthy  receivers  really  and  truly  receive  and  apply  unto 
iheriiselves  Christ  and  him  crucified,"  each  believer  being 
made  "a  priest  unto  God"  (1  Pet.  ii.  5  and  Eev.  i.  6), 
"  having  liberty  to  enter  into  the  holiest  by  the  blood  of 
Jesus  "  (Heb.  x.  19),  it  necessarily  follows  that  in  this  sac- 
rament the  communicants  are  to  act  immediately  and  person- 
ally in  their  covenanting  with  the  Lord.  The  minister,  there- 
fore, ought  not  to  throw  them  into  a  passive  attitude  as 
the  recipients  of  his  instructions  or  exhortations.  All 
such  didactic  and  hortatory  exercises  being  assigned  to 
the  preparatory  services  and  to  the  sermon  before  com- 
munion, the  minister  should  abstain  from  addressing,  and 
confine  himself  to  leading  the  communicants  in  the  act  of 
communion  by  means  of  acts  of  direct  worship,  such  as 
suitable  prayers  and  hymns.  And  all  the  prayers  and 
hymns  associated  with  this  holy  ordinance  should  be  spe- 
cifically appropriate  to  it,  and  not  of  a  mere  general  relig- 
ious character. 

1[  "  The  standards  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  are  clear 


42  MAXUAL  OF   FORMS. 

in  their  teaching,  that  the  Lord's  Supper  is  not  to  be  re- 
ceived by  any  one  alone,  yet  in  cases  of  protracted  sick- 
ness or  approaching  death,  when  the  desire  is  strongly 
urged  by  a  member  of  the  Church  (whether  previously  so, 
or  by  recent  confession  and  baptism)  to  enjoy  the  admin- 
istration of  the  Lord's  Supper,  a  pastor,  with  one  or  more 
of  his  Session  and  such  communicants  as  may  approjDriately 
be  admitted,  may  proceed  to  administer  this  sacrament — 
a  minute  of  every  such  act  to  be  entered  on  the  records 
of  Session."  General  Assembly,  O.  S.  1863,  Moore's  Di- 
gest, p.  668. 


ORDER 

FOR  THE 

SOLEMNIZATION  OF  MARRIAGE. 


Dearly  Beloved:  We  are  gathered  to- 
gether in  the  sight  of  God  and  in  the  pres- 
ence of  this  company  to  join  together  this 
man  and  this  woman  in  the  bonds  of  holy 
Matrimony;  which  is  an  honorable  estate, 
instituted  by  God  in  the  time  of  man's  inno- 
cency,  confirmed  by  the  teaching  and  hal- 
lowed by  the  presence  of  our  blessed  Lord, 
and  likened  by  St.  Paul  to  the  mystical 
union  which  subsists  between  Christ  and  his 
Church. 

Into  this  holy  estate  these  two  persons  are 
come  to  be  joined.  Therefore  if  any  man 
can  show  any  just  cause  why  they  may  not 
lawfully  be  joined  together,  let  him  now  de- 
clare it,  or  else  hereafter  for  ever  hold  his 
peace. 

43 


44  MANUAL  OF   FOKMS. 

Hear  now  what  holy  Scripture  doth  teach 
as  touching  the  duty  of  husbands  to  their 
wives  and  of  wives  to  their  husbands  : 

Husbands,  love  your  wives,  even  as  Christ 
also  loved  the  Church  and  gave  himself  for 
it,  that  he  might  sanctify  and  cleanse  it 
with  the  washing  of  water  by  the  word.  So 
ought  men  to  love  their  wives  as  their  own 
bodies.  He  that  loveth  his  wife  loveth  him- 
self For  this  cause  shall  a  man  leave  his 
father  and  mother,  and  shall  be  joined  unto 
his  wife,  and  they  two  shall  be  one  flesh. 

And,  wives,  submit  yourselves  unto  your 
own  husbands  as  unto  the  Lord.  For  the 
husband  is  the  head  of  the  wife,  even  as 
Christ  is  the  Head  of  the  Church.  And  he 
is  the  savior  of  the  body.  And  again  he 
saith,  Let  the  wife  see  that  she  reverence 
her  husband.'^ 

Let  us  pray  : 

Most  holy  and  most  merciful  Father,  at 
once  the  God  of  nature  and  of  grace.  Crea- 
tor, Preserver  and  Redeemer  of  mankind, 
fill  these,  thy  servant  and  thy  handmaiden, 
with  a  j)rofound  sense  of  the  religious  obli- 

*  The  above  is  borrowed  by  permission  from  the  Liturgy  of 
the  Keformed  (Dutch)  Church  in  America. 


SOLEMNIZATION   OF   MARRIAGE.  45 

gation  of  tlie  vows  tliey  are  about  to  make. 
May  tliey  look  to  thee  for  thine  assistance, 
and  enter  into  these  sacred  obligations  in 
humble  dependence  upon  thine  enabling 
grace.  Grant  this,  O  Father,  with  the  for- 
giveness of  our  sins,  through  Jesus  Christ, 
thy  Son.     Amen. 

[77ie  man  and  woman  Joining  their  right  hands,  the  min- 
ister shall  say:] 

Wilt  thou,  M,  have  this  woman  to  thy 
wedded  wife,  to  live  together  after  God's 
ordinance  in  the  holy  estate  of  Matrimony  ? 
Wilt  thou  love  her,  comfort  her,  honor  and 
keep  her  in  sickness  and  in  health,  and,  for- 
saking all  other,  keep  thee  only  unto  her,  so 
long  as  ye  both  shall  live  ? 

The  man  shall  answer,  I  will. 

[  Then  the  minister  shall  say  .•] 

Wilt  thou,  N,  have  this  man  to  thy  wed- 
ded husband,  to  live  together  after  God's 
ordinance  in  the  holy  estate  of  Matrimony  ? 
Wilt  thou  obey  him  and  serve  him,  love, 
honor  and  keep  him  in  sickness  and  in 
health,  and,  forsaking  all  other,  keep  thee 
only  unto  him,  so  long  as  ye  both  shall 
live? 

The  woman  shall  answer,  I  will. 


46  MAirCJAL   OF   F0E3IS. 

[  Whe7i  a  ring  is  used  the  man  shall  put  the  ring  on  the 
third  finger  of  the  woman^s  left  hand,  and,  holding  it  there, 
the  man  shall  say  after  the  minister  : 

With  this  ring  I  thee  wed,  in  the  name 
of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the 
Holy  Ghost.     Amex. 

Or,  the  minister  may  say  : 

Dost  thou,  M,  give  this  ring  in  pledge 
that  thou  wilt  keep  this  covenant  and  per- 
form these  vows  ? 

The  man  shall  say,  I  do. 

Dost  thou,  N,  receive  this  ring  in  pledge 
that  thou  wilt  keep  this  covenant  and  per- 
form these  vows  ? 

The  ivoman  shall  say,  I  do.] 

[  Then  the  minister  shall  say ;] 

Forasmuch  as  you,  M,  and  you,  N,  have 
consented  together  in  wedlock,  and  have 
plighted  your  faith  and  truth  to  each  other 
in  the  presence  of  God  and  this  company 
[and  have  confirmed  the  same  by  giving  and 
receiving  a  ring]  ;  now,  therefore,  I  pro- 
nounce you  husband  and  wife,  in  the  name 
of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the 
Holy  Ghost.     Ame^^. 

"Whom,  therefore,  God  hath  joined  to- 
gether, let  not  man  put  asunder. 


SOLEMNIZATION   OF   MARKIAGE.  47 

Let  US  pray : 

O  God,  by  whom  marriage  was  orclained ; 
O  Clirist,  Son  of  God,  by  whose  presence 
this  service  was  adorned  and  rendered  for 
ever  sacred ;  O  Holy  Ghost,  the  Lord,  the 
Giver  of  life,  who  art  the  only  source  of 
true  blessedness, — look  down  upon  these  thy 
servants,  and  unite  their  hearts  and  lives  in 
all  the  grace  and  true  affection  of  a  happy 
marriage.  May  their  mutual  love,  now 
plighted,  never  know  doubt  nor  change. 
Do  thou  bless  them  in  each  other,  and 
crown  their  lives  with  thy  loving-kindness 
and  tender  mercies.  And  thou,  O  Lord,  we 
beseech  thee,  enable  them  so  to  live  together 
in  this  life  that  in  the  world  to  come  they 
may  have  life  everlasting,  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord,  who  has  commanded  us  to 
pray,  saying. 

Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed 
be  thy  name ;  thy  kingdom  come ;  thy  will 
be  done  in  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven ;  give  us 
this  day  our  daily  bread;  and  forgive  us  our 
debts,  as  we  forgive  our  debtors ;  and  lead  us 
not  into  temptation,  but  deliver  us  from  evil ; 
for  thine  is  the  kingdom  and  the  power  and 
the  glory,  for  ever.     Amen. 


48  MAXUAL   OF    FORMS. 

[Then  the  mi7iister  shall  pronounce  over  them  the  Bene- 
diction ;] 

The  Lord  bless  you  and  keep  you.  Tlie 
Lord  make  his  face  to  shine  uj^on  you,  and 
be  gracious  unto  you.  The  Lord  lift  uj^  his 
countenance  ujDon  you  and  give  you  peace. 
Amex. 


NOTES. 


^  Marriage  is  a  civil  contract,  inasmuch  as  the  state, 
for  the  welfare  of  human  society,  must  recognize  and  en- 
force it  in  its  civil  relations  and  consequents. 

If  Yet  it  is  not  a  mere  civil  contract,  but  also  a  religious 
contract  under  a  divine  constitution.  Because  (1)  it  is 
founded  upon  the  nature  of  man  as  constituted  by  God. 
(2)  It  was  instituted  by  God  in  Paradise  before  the  exist- 
ence of  civil  society,  and  consequently  civil  society  for 
ever  presupposes  marriage,  and  marriage  therefore  can- 
not essentially  presupjDose  civil  society.  (3)  In  his  in- 
spired word  God  has  defined  the  nature,  conditions  and 
mutual  duties  of  marriage,  and  the  conditions  of  its  law- 
ful dissolution.  (4)  J'he  vows  of  mutual  fidelity  are  made 
by  the  parties  to  God  as  well  as  to  each  other.  (5)  The 
grace  which  alone  can  enable  the  parties  to  realize  mar- 
riage in  its  highest  sense  is  from  God  only. 

T[  Hence  it  follows:  (1)  That  Christians  are  bound  to 
observe  in  their  marriages  the  laws  of  the  commonwealth, 
as  far  as  these  are  consistent  with  the  revealed  laws  of 
God.     (2)  That  the  state  has  no  right  to  ignore  or  to  vio- 


SOLEMNIZATION    OF    MA  RBI  AGE.  49 

late  the  divine  law  in  its  legal  provisions  for  marriage  or 
divorce,  and  that  when  it  docs  so  Christians  are  bound  to 
obey  God,  even  if  that  involve  disobedience  to  man.  (3) 
Christians  ought  to  marry  in  the  Lord,  and  their  mar- 
riages should  be  solemnized  by  a  lawful  minister,  who 
alone  is  competent  to  interpret  and  enforce  the  divine 
law  and  invoke  upon  their  union  the  divine  blessing. 
See  Directory  for  Worship,  ch.  xi.,  |  2. 

^  "  While  our  Form  of  Government  does  not  recognize 
licentiates  as  ministers  of  the  gospel,  yet  this  Assembly 
(1844)  does  not  consider  them  as  violating  any  rules  of 
the  Church  by  solemnizing  marriage  in  those  States  where 
the  civil  laws  expressly  authorize  them  to  do  it."  Moore's 
Digest,  p.  402. 

1[  "  It  is  lawful  for  all  sorts  of  people  to  marry  who  are 
able  with  judgment  to  give  their  consent,  yet  it  is  the 
duty  of  Christians  to  marry  only  in  the  Lord.  And, 
therefore,  such  as  profess  the  true  Eeformed  religion 
should  not  marry  with  infidels,  papists,  or  other  idol- 
aters; neither  should  such  as  are  godly  be  unequally 
yoked  by  marrying  with  such  as  are  notoriously  wicked 
in  their  life,  or  maintain  damnable  heresies."  Confession 
of  Faith,  ch.  xxiv.,  §  3. 

^"The  purpose  of  marriage  ought  to  be  sufficiently 
published  a  proper  time  before  the  solemnization  of  it. 
It  is  enjoined  on  all  ministers  to  be  careful  that,  in  this 
matter,  they  transgress  neither  the  laws  of  God  nor  the 
laws  of  the  community ;  and  that  they  may  not  destroy 
the  peace  and  comfort  of  families,  they  must  be  properly 
certified  with  respect  to  the  parties  applying  to  them, 
that  no  just  objection  lie  against  their  marriage."  Direc- 
tory of  Worship,  ch.  xi.,  §  6. 

^  "  The  Synod  do  recommend  it  to  all  their  members  to 
use  the  greatest  caution  that  they  do  not  countenance  any 
4 


50  MANUAL   OF   FOEMS. 

clandestine  marriages,  and  especially  that  they  do  not 
marry  any  that  they  have  reason  to  suspect  to  go  contrary 
to  the  minds  of  their  parents  and  guardians  in  seeking 
it."    Original  Synod,  1735,  Moore's  Digest,  p.  691. 

1[  "  Let  the  minister  keep  a  proper  register  for  the 
names  of  all  persons  whom  he  marries,  and  of  the  time 
of  their  marriage,  for  the  perusal  of  all  whom  it  may  con- 
cern." (Directory  for  Worship,  ch.  xi.,  1 8.)  Such  records 
are  often  the  only  legal  proofs  available  of  marriage  and 
of  legitimate  inheritance.  The  minister  should  also  give 
a  certificate  of  the  marriage  when  requested  so  to  do. 


ORDER 


FOR  THE 


OEDIXATIOX  OF  ELDERS. 


[Uie  Elders  elect  standing  before  the  congregation,  the  min- 
ister shall  say :] 

Ix  tlie  first  planting  of  the  Christian 
Church  the  apostles  went  about  ordaining 
several  Elders  in  every  city.  A  distinction 
is  affirmed  by  Paul  between  those  Elders 
who  as  ministers  of  the  gospel  labor  in  word 
and  doctrine,  and  those  Elders  who  only 
rule.  These  Kuling  Elders  are  in  a  spe- 
cial sense  the  representatives  of  the  people, 
chosen  by  them  for  the  purpose  of  exer- 
cising government  and  discipline  in  con- 
junction with  pastors  or  ministers  of  the 
word.  It  is  proper  that  the  government  of 
the  Church  should  be  in  the  hands  of  sev- 
eral men  of  wisdom  and  piety,  rather  than 
in  the  hands  of  one,  and  especially  that  the 

5X 


52  MANUAL   OF    FOEMS. 

j)astor  should  be  counseled  and  assisted  by 
persons  of  re23utation  living  permanently  in 
the  midst  of  the  people,  in  perfect  sympathy 
with  them  and  enjoying  their  confidence. 
Thus  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  have  the 
people  secured  control  of  their  own  church 
affairs,  and  jDrevented  the  growth  of  pro- 
fessional clerical  bigotry  and  tyranny. 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  Elders,  in  connection 
with  the  2^astor,  in  the  exercise  of  their  joint 
j)ower  as  a  Session,  to  administer  the  power 
of  the  keys  in  admitting  or  excluding  mem- 
bers from  sealing  ordinances,  and  to  admin- 
ister the  government,  regulate  the  v/orship, 
guard  the  doctrine  and  superintend  the  evan- 
gelistic and  benevolent  work  of  the  Church. 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  Elders  severally,  to- 
gether with  their  households,  to  set  the  ex- 
ample of  a  godly  walk  and  conversation, 
and  to  assist  the  pastor  in  the  visitation  of 
the  23eoj)le  and  in  the  j^ersonal  oversight 
and  pastoral  guidance  and  comfort  of  all 
the  members  of  the  Church. 

The  members  of  this  church,  being  met 
together  with  invocation  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
have  chosen  these  j)ersons  to  the  office  of 
Buling  Elder. 


ORDINATION   OF   ELDERS.  53 

Before  they  are  set  apart  to  this  sacred 
office  let  them  and  the  j^cojile  over  whom 
they  are  to  rule  make  answer  to  the  follow- 
ing questions : 

Do  you  believe  the  Scriptures  of  the  Old 
and  New  Testaments  to  be  the  word  of  God, 
the  only  inMlible  rule  of  faith  and  practice  ? 

Do  you  sincerely  receive  and  adopt  the 
Confession  of  Faith  of  this  Church  as  con- 
taining the  system  of  doctrine  taught  in  the 
Holy  Scrij^tures  ? 

Do  you  apj^rove  of  the  government  and 
discipline  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
these  United  States? 

Do  you  accept  the  office  of  Ruling  Elder 
in  this  congregation,  and  promise  faithfully 
to  perform  all  the  duties  thereof? 

Do  you  promise  to  study  the  peace,  unity 
and  purity  of  the  Church  ? 

The  Elders  elect  shall  each  say,  I  do. 

Do  you,  the  members  of  this  church, 
acknowledge  and  receive  these  brethren  as 
Kuling  Elders,  and  do  you  promise  to  yield 
them  all  that  honor,  encouragement  and  obe- 
dience in  the  Lord  to  which  their  office,  ac- 
cording to  the  word  of  God  and  the  consti- 
tution of  this  church,  entitles  them? 


54  MAXUAL   OF    FOEMS. 

[The  memhers  shall  assent  by  holding  up  their  right  hands. 
[Tlien  the  minister  shall  (the  Elders  elect  devoutly  kneel- 
ing) ordain  the  Elders  by  prayer  (and  if  desired  by  the  im- 
position of  hands.)] 

Prayer : 
Set  a23art,  we  beseech  thee,  O  Lord,  these 
thy  servants  to  the  work  whereunto  thou 
hast  called  them.  Endue  them  j^lenteously 
with  all  the  gifts  and  graces  which  shall 
qualify  them  for  their  office.  Give  them 
favor  and  influence  with  the  people.  AYork 
in  and  with  them  daily  in  the  care  and  gov- 
ernment of  thy  flock.  Make  them  faithful 
unto  death,  and  when  the  Chief  Shepherd 
shall  apjDcar  may  they  receive  a  crown  of 
glory  that  fadeth  not  away.     Amex. 

Declaration  : 
YThe  minister  shall  say ;] 

By  the  authority  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
and  the  constitution  and  laws  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  you  have  now  been  ordained 
to  the  office  of  a  Euling  Elder,  and  installed 
in  the  actual  exercise  of  the  duties  and  rights 
of  that  office  in  this  Church  and  congregation. 
May  Almighty  God,  the  Father  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  replenish  you  with  his  grace, 
that   you   may  faithfully   keep   these  vows 


ORDIJ^ATION   OF   ELDERS.  55 

and   discliarge   the   duties   of   your    sacred 

office.     Amen". 

Charge : 

I  now  charge  you,  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord  Jesus,  and  in  the  name  of  the  Church 
of  which  he  is  the  Head,  that  you  give  all 
diligence  in  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of 
this  office;  that  you  make  his  w^ord  your 
guide,  and  search  it  daily  for  instruction  as 
to  your  2)ersonal  and  official  duties ;  that  you 
keep  your  minds  and  hearts  oj)en  to  all  the 
indications  of  his  providence  and  the  lead- 
ing of  his  Spirit.  Fight  the  good  fight  of 
faith,  lay  hold  on  eternal  life,  whereunto 
you  are  also  called.  And  keep  this  com- 
mandment without  sjDot,  unrebukable,  until 
the  apj^earing  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

I  also  charge  you.  Christian  people,  to  be 
faithful  to  these  Elders  whom  you  have 
yourselves  chosen  to  rule  over  you  in  the 
Lord;  that  you  count  the  Elders  that  rule 
well  worthy  of  double  honor ;  and  that  you 
render  them  all  due  obedience,  co-operation 
and  support,  and  follow  them  so  far  as  ye 
see  them  follow  Christ. 

Prayer : 
O  Lord,  our  God  and  heavenly  Father, 


66  MANUAL   OF   FOEMS. 

we  thank  thee  that  it  has  pleased  thee,  for 
the  better  edification  of  thy  Church,  to  or- 
dain in  it,  besides  the  ministers  of  thy  word, 
rulers  and  assistants,  by  whom  thy  Church 
may  be  preserved  in  peace  and  prosperity, 
and  that  thou  hast  at  present  granted  us  in 
this  place  men  who  are  of  good  testimony 
and  endowed  with  thy  Spirit.  We  beseech 
thee,  replenish  them  more  and  more  with 
such  gifts  as  may  be  necessary  for  them  in 
their  ministrations,  with  the  gifts  of  wisdom, 
courage,  discretion  and  benevolence,  to  the 
end  that  they  may  take  diligent  heed  unto 
their  doctrine  and  conversation,  in  keeping 
out  wolves  from  the  sheepfold  of  thy  beloved 
Son,  and  in  admonishing  and  reproving  dis- 
orderly j)ersons,  and  in  instructing  and  com- 
forting thy  people,  especially  those  who  are 
poor  and  in  affliction.  Give  them  grace 
that  they  may  persevere  in  their  faithful 
labor,  and  never  become  weary  by  reason  of 
oppositions  and  j)ersecutions  of  the  world. 
Grant  also  thy  divine  grace  to  this  people 
over  whom  they  are  placed,  that  they  may 
Avillingly  submit  themselves  to  the  good  ex- 
hortations of  the  Elders,  counting  them  wor- 
thy of  honor  for  their  work's  sake,  to  the 


OKDINATION    OF    ELDEKS.  o7 

end  that  thy  holy  name  may  thereby  be 
magnified,  and  the  kingdom  of  thy  Son  Je- 
sus Clirist  be  enlarged,  who  has  taught  us 
to  prayr-' 

Our  Father,  who  art  in  lieaven,  hallowed 
be  thy  name ;  thy  kingdom  come ;  thy  will 
be  done  in  eartli,  as  it  is  in  heaven ;  give  us 
this  day  our  daily  bread ;  and  forgive  us  our 
debts,  as  we  forgive  our  debtors;  and  lead 
us  not  into  temptation,  but  deliver  us  from 
evil;  for  thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the 
power,  and  the  glory,  for  ever.     Amex. 

[  JV7i€7'e  there  is  an  existing  Session,  it  is  proper  that  the 
members  of  that  body,  at  the  close  of  the  service  and  in  the 
face  of  the  congregation,  take  the  newly-ordained  Elders  by 
the  hand,  saying,  in  loords  to  this  purpose,  "  We  give  you  the 
right  hand  of  fellowship,  to  take  part  of  this  office  ivith  «s."] 

*  This  prayer  is  in  part  taken  from  tlie  Book  of  the  Ke- 
formed  (Dutch)  Church. 


ORDER 

FOR   THE 

OEDmATIOX  OF  DEAOOIfJ'S. 


\_The  Deacons  elect  standing  before  the  congregation,  the  min." 
ister  shall  say :] 

And  in  those  days,  when  the  number  of 
the  disciples  was  muUiplied,  there  arose  a 
murmuring  of  the  Grecians  against  the  He- 
brews, because  their  widows  were  neglected 
in  the  daily  ministration.  Then  the  twelve 
called  the  multitude  of  the  disciples  unto 
them,  and  said.  It  is  not  reason  that  we 
should  leave  the  word  of  God  and  serve 
tables.  ^\Tierefore,  brethren,  look  ye  out 
among  you  seven  men  of  honest  rej)ort,  full 
of  the  Holy  Ghost  and  wisdom,  whom  we 
may  appoint  over  this  business.  But  we 
will  give  ourselves  continually  to  prayer 
and  to  the  ministry  of  the  word.  And  the 
saying    pleased    the   multitude;    and    they 

68 


OEDLN^ATIOX   OF   DEACONS.  59 

cliose  Stephen,  a  man  full  of  faith  and  of 
the  Holy  Ghost,  and  Phili]),  and  Prochorus, 
and  Nicanor,  and  Timon,  and  Parmenas,  and 
Nicolas,  a  j)roselyte  of  Antioeh ;  "whom  they 
set  before  the  apostles ;  and  when  they  had 
prayed,  they  laid  their  hands  on  them.  Acts 
yi.  1-6. 

Likewise,  Paul  teaches  Timothy  that  the 
Deacons  must  be  grave,  not  double-tongued, 
not  given  to  much  wine,  not  greedy  of  filthy 
lucre,  holding  the  mystery  of  the  faith  in  a 
pure  conscience.  And  let  these  also  first  be 
proved;  then  let  them  use  the  office  of  a 
Deacon,  being  found  blameless.  Even  so 
must  their  wives  be  grave ;  not  slanderers, 
sober,  faithful  in  all  things.  Let  the  Dea- 
cons be  the  husbands  of  one  wife,  ruling 
their  children  and  their  own  houses  well. 
For  they  that  have  used  the  office  of  a  Dea- 
con well  purchase  to  themselves  a  good  de- 
gree, and  great  boldness  in  the  faith,  which 
is  in  Christ  Jesus.     1  Tim.  iii.  8-13. 

The  members  of  this  church,  being  met 
together  with  invocation  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
have  chosen  these  persons  to  the  office  of 
Deacon. 

Before  they  are  set  apart  to  this  sacred  of- 


60  MAl^UAL  OF   FOEMS. 

fice  let  tliem  and  tlie  people  whom  they  are  to 
serve  make  answer  to  the  following  questions : 

Do  you  believe  the  ScrijDtures  of  the  Old 
and  New  Testaments  to  be  the  word  of  God, 
the  only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and  practice? 

Do  you  sincerely  receive  and  adopt  the 
Confession  of  Faith  of  this  Church  as  con- 
taining the  system  of  doctrine  taught  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures  ? 

Do  you  apj^rove  of  the  government  and 
discipline  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
these  United  States? 

Do  you  accept  the  office  of  Deacon  in  this 
congregation,  and  promise  faithfully  to  per- 
form all  the  duties  thereof? 

Do  you  promise  to  study  the  peace,  unity 
and  purity  of  the  Church  ? 

[  The  Deacons  hamng  ansioered  these  questions  in  the  affirm- 
ative, the  minister  shall  address  to  the  members  of  the  church 
the  folloiuing  question ;] 

Do  you,  the  members  of  this  church,  ac- 
knowledge and  receive  these  brethren  as 
Deacons,  and  do  you  promise  to  yield  them 
all  that  honor,  encouragement  and  co-oj^e- 
ration  in  the  Lord  to  which  their  office,  ac- 
cording to  the  word  of  God  and  the  consti- 
tution of  this  church,  entitle  them? 


OKDINATION   OF   DEACONS.  CA 

[The  members  shall  assent  by  holding  up  their  right  hands. 
[Tlien  (the  Deacons  elect  devoutly  kneeling)  the  minister 
shall  ordain  thetn.] 

Prayer : 

0  Lord  Jesus,  wlio,  altliougli  thou  wert 
rich,  yet  for  our  sakes  became  poor,  that  we 
through  thy  poverty  might  become  rich,  set 
apart  and  consecrate  these  thy  servants  to 
the  office  of  Deacon.  Give  them  thine  own 
spirit  of  sympathy  wdth  all  human  needs 
and  suffering,  and  of  holy,  self-denying  ser- 
vice in  behalf  of  those  who  suffer  and  are  in 
want.  Guide  them  in  their  ministry  of  love 
until  their  work  on  earth  is  done ;  then  grant 
that  they  may  inherit  the  kingdom  which 
has  been  prepared  for  them  before  the  foun- 
dation of  the  world.     Amen. 

Charge :  # 

1  charge  you,  brethren  now  ordained  Dea- 
cons, and  you,  brethren  into  whose  service 
and  ministry  of  Christian  benevolence  they 
have  entered,  that  you  so  study  the  Holy 
Scriptures  as  to  learn  thoroughly  the  pur- 
pose of  Christ  and  your  own  duty  with  re- 
gard to  the  poor  of  the  flock.  As  he  rej^re- 
sented  us  before  God  on  the  cross  and  in 
heaven,  so  he  has   appointed  the   poor  to 


62  MANUAL  OF   FORMS. 

represent  himself  in  our  offices  of  sympathy 
and  benevolent  service  on  earth.  Then 
shall  the  King  say  unto  them  on  the  right 
hand,  Come,  ye  blessed  of  my  Father,  in- 
herit the  kingdom  prej)ared  for  you  from 
the  foundation  of  the  world;  for  I  was  a- 
hungered,  and  ye  gave  me  meat;  I  was 
thirsty,  and  ye  gave  me  drink;  I  was  a 
stranger,  and  ye  took  me  in ;  naked,  and  ye 
clothed  me ;  I  was  sick,  and  ye  visited  me ; 
I  was  in  jDrison,  and  ye  came  unto  me. 
Verily,  I  say  unto  you,  Inasmuch  as  ye 
have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these 
my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto  me. 
Give  all  diligence,  brethren,  that  you  may 
worthily  discharge  this  most  sacred  duty, 
and  that  you  may  attain  to  this  most  to  be 
desired  of  all  the  benedictions  of  our  loving 

Lord. 

Peayer : 

Almighty  God,  who  by  thy  divine  j)ro^d- 
dence  hast  appointed  various  offices  in  thy 
Church,  and  didst  inspu^e  thy  disci23les  in 
the  first  age  to  choose  to  the  office  of  Deacon 
Stephen  the  first  martyr,  mercifully  behold 
these  thy  servants  now  called  to  the  like 
office  and  administration.     Keplenish  them 


ORDINATION    OF    DEACONS.  G3 

SO  with  the  truth  of  thy  doctrine,  with  zeal 
for  thy  glory  and  with  holy  sympathy  for 
the  poor  of  thy  flock,  and  so  adorn  thcni 
with  innocency  of  life,  that  both  by  word, 
by  example  and  by  benevolent  ministrations 
they  may  faithfully  serve-  thee  in  this  office, 
to  the  glory  of  thy  Name  and  the  edification 
of  thy  Church ;  through  the  merits  of  our 
Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  who  liveth  and  reign- 
eth  with  thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  now  and 
for  ever.     Amen. 


ORDER 

FOR  THE 

DEDICATION  OF  A  CHUECH. 


And  Solomon  stood  before  the  altar  of  the 
Lord  in  the  presence  of  all  the  congregation 
of  Israel,  and  spread  forth  his  hands  toward 
heaven ;  and  said,  Lord  God  of  Israel,  there 
is  no  God  like  thee,  in  heaven  above,  or  on 
earth  beneath,  who  keepest  covenant  and 
mercy  with  thy  servants  that  walk  before 
thee  with  all  their  heart.  .  .  .  Therefore,  now, 

0  Lord  God  of  Israel,  keej)  with  thy  ser- 
vant David  my  father  that  thou  promisedst 
him,  saying.  There  shall  not  fail  thee  a  man 
in  my  sight  to  sit  on  the  throne  of  Israel ;  so 
that  thy  children  take  heed  to  their  way, 
that  they  walk  before  me  as  thou  hast 
walked  before  me. 

And  now,  O  God  of  Israel,  let  thy  word, 

1  pray  thee,  be  verified,  which  thou  spakest 


64 


DEDICATION   OF   A    CHURCH.  65 

unto  tliy  servant  David  my  father.  But  will 
God  indeed  dwell  on  the  earth  ?  behold  the 
heaven  and  heaven  of  heavens  cannot  con- 
tain thee ;  how  much  less  this  house  that  I 
have  builded !  Yet  have  thou  respect  unto 
the  prayer  of  thy  servant,  and  to  his  suppli- 
cation, O  Lord  my  God,  to  hearken  unto  the 
cry  and  to  the  prayer,  which  thy  servant 
prayeth  before  thee  to-day :  that  thine  eyes 
may  be  open  toward  this  house  night  and 
day,  even  toward  the  place  of  which  thou 
hast  said.  My  name  shall  be  there :  that 
thou  mayest  hearken  unto  the  prayer  which 
thy  servant  shall  make  toward  this  23lace. 
And  hearken  thou  to  the  supplication  of  thy 
servant,  and  of  thy  j)eople  Israel,  when  they 
shall  pray  toward  this  place,  and  hear  thou 
in  heaven  thy  dwelling-place:  and  when 
thou  hearest  forgive.  1  Kings  viii.  22-30. 
And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Solomon  had 
finished  the  building  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  king's  house,  and  all  Solo- 
mon's desire  which  he  was  jDleased  to  do, 
that  the  Lord  ap23eared  to  Solomon  the 
second  time,  as  he  had  appeared  unto  him 
at  Gibeon.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  I 
have  heard  thy  prayer  and  thy  supplication 


66  MAN^UAL   OF   FOKMS. 

that  thou  hast  made  before  me :  I  have  hal- 
lowed this  house,  which  thou  hast  built,  to 
put  my  name  there  for  ever ;  and  mine  eyes 
and  mine  heart  shall  be  there  ^perpetually. 
And  if  thou  wilt  walk  before  me,  as  David 
thy  father  walked  in  integrity  of  heart  and 
in  uprightness,  to  do  according  to  all  that  I 
have  commanded  thee,  and  wilt  keep  my 
statutes  and  my  judgments :  then  I  will  es- 
tablish the  throne  of  thy  kingdom  upon 
Israel  for  ever,  as  I  j^romised  to  David  thy 
father,  saying.  There  shall  not  fail  thee  a 
man  ujDon  the  throne  of  Israel.  But  if  ye 
shall  at  all  turn  from  following  me,  ye  or 
your  children,  and  will  not  keep  my  com- 
mandments and  my  statutes  which  I  have 
set  before  you,  but  go  and  serve  other  gods, 
and  worship  them :  then  will  I  cut  off  Israel 
out  of  the  land  which  I  have  given  them ; 
and  this  house  which  I  have  hallowed  for 
my  name  will  I  cast  out  of  my  sight ;  and 
Israel  shall  be  a  j^i'overb  and  a  by- word 
among  all  peojDle  :  and  at  this  house,  which 
is  high,  every  one  that  passeth  by  it  shall  be 
astonished,  and  shall  hiss ;  and  they  shall  say, 
Why  hath  the  Lord  done  this  to  this  land 
and  to  this  house  ?     And  they  shall  answer, 


DEDICATION   OF   A    CHURCH.  67 

Because  tliey  forsook  the  Lord  their  God, 
who  brought  forth  their  fathers  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  and  have  taken  hohl  upon 
other  gods,  and  have  worshiped  them  and 
served  them,  therefore  hath  the  Lord  brought 
upon  them  all  this  evil.     1  Kings  ix.  1-lJ. 

Psalm  xxiv. 

The  earth  is  the  Lord's  and  the  fullness 
thereof;  the  world,  and  they  that  dwell 
therein. 

For  he  hath  founded  it  upon  the  seas,  and 
established  it  upon  the  floods. 

Who  shall  ascend  into  the  hill  of  the 
Lord?  or  who  shall  stand  in  his  holy 
place  ? 

He  that  hath  clean  hands,  and  a  inive 
heart ;  who  hath  not  lifted  up  his  soul  unto 
vanity,  nor  sworn  deceitfully. 

He  shall  receive  the  blessing  from  the 
Lord,  and  righteousness  from  the  God  of 
his  salvation. 

This  is  the  generation  of  them  that  seek 
him,  that  seek  thy  face,  O  Jacob.     Selah. 

Lift  uj)  your  heads,  O  ye  gates ;  and  be  ye 
lifted  up,  ye  everlasting  doors ;  and  the  King 
of  glory  shall  come  in. 


68  MANUAL   OF   FORMS. 

Wlio  is  tliis  King  of  glory?  The  Lord 
strong  and  mighty,  the  Lord  mighty  in 
battle. 

Lift  nj)  your  heads,  O  ye  gates  ;  even  lift 
them  uj),  ye  everlasting  doors;  and  the  King 
of  glory  shall  come  in. 

Who  is  this  King  of  glory?  The  Lord 
of  hosts,  he  is  the  King  of  glory. 

[^Then  the  minister  shall  say ;] 

Dear  Brethren:  Seeing  that  it  has 
pleased  Almighty  God  our  heavenly  Father 
to  pros23er  us  in  our  undertaking  to  build  a 
house  for  his  worship,  and  to  enable  us  to 
bring  it  to  comjiletion,  let  us  now  reverently 
invoke  upon  it  his  abiding  blessing,  to  the 
end  that  a  pure  apostolical  doctrine  and  or- 
der may  ever  be  maintained  therein,  and 
that  the  Holy  Spirit  may  here  ever  give 
effect  to  his  own  ordinances.  And  in  so 
doing  let  us  reverently  set  it  apart  with 
prayer  and  invocation  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
so  that  this  house  may  hereafter  be  put 
solely  to  these  sacred  uses  and  preserved 
from  all  other  associations  whatsoever. 

Prayer : 
Almighty  and  everlasting  God,  Maker  of 


DEDICATION   OF   A   CHURCH.  G9 

heaven  and  earth,  who  dwellest  not  in  tem- 
ples made  with  hands,  we  humbly  adore 
thee  for  the  revelation  thou  hast  made  of 
thyself  through  Jesus  Christ,  thy  Son.  We 
bless  thee  that  from  of  old  thy  way  has  been 
in  the  sanctuary,  and  that  thou  dost  seek 
those  to  worship  thee  who  worship  in  spirit 
and  in  truth.  We  give  thanks  to  thee  that 
thou  hast  put  it  into  the  hearts  of  these  thy 
servants  to  erect  this  house  for  thy  public 
worship,  that  it  may  abide  as  a  witness  of 
thy  presence  and  covenant  faithfulness,  and 
as  the  means  of  the  edification  of  thy  people 
in  successive  generations. 

We  know  that  by  reason  of  our  sins  we 
are  not  worthy  that  thou  shouldest  come 
under  our  roof;  yet,  O  God  most  high  and 
most  holy,  whom  the  heaven  of  heavens  can- 
not contain,  how  much  less  the  temple  made 
with  hands,  bestow  on  these  thy  servants  a 
readiness  of  heart  in  the  consecration  of  this 
house  to  the  honor  of  thy  great  Name.  In 
thy  name  and  to  thy  service,  one  God  in 
three  Persons,  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost, 
we  dedicate  it ;  for  offering  to  thy  adorable 
Majesty  the  sacrifices  of  prayer  and  thanks- 
giving; for  reading  and  hearing  thy  most 


70  MANUAL   OF   FOEMS. 

holy  word ;  for  tlie  proclamation  of  the  gos- 
pel of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ; 
for  the  celebration  of  thy  holy  sacraments ; 
and  for  the  performance  of  all  other  offices 
of  our  Christian  faith.  Accept,  O  Lord 
most  gracious,  this  free-will  offering  at  the 
hands  of  thy  servants,  for  the  well-being  of 
their  souls  and  for  the  glory  of  thy  most 
holy  jSTame.  Grant,  we  beseech  thee,  O 
Lord,  that  when  thy  peojDle  assemble  them- 
selves together  in  this  house  for  thy  worship 
the  Spirit  of  glory  and  of  God  may  rest 
upon  them,  that  with  clean  hands  and  pure 
hearts  they  may  compass  thine  altars.  Grant, 
O  God  of  eternal  love,  when  thy  ministers 
here  proclaim  the  gospel  of  thy  grace,  that 
sinners  may  be  converted  unto  thee,  and  thy 
true  servants  quickened,  edified  and  com- 
forted. Grant  that  thy  Holy  Spirit  may  al- 
ways accompany  the  administration  of  thy 
holy  sacraments  in  this  place,  and  with  his 
saving  influence  make  them  effectual  means 
of  grace  to  thy  j)eople. 

And  we  also  pray  that  thou  wilt  bless  thy 
holy  universal  Church  of  all  ages  and  of  all 
nations,  in  which,  through  thy  grace,  these 
thy  servants  have  their  part  in  the  fullness 


DEDICATION   OF    A   CHURCH.  71 

of  the  one  body.  Bring  us  every  day  con- 
tinually to  a  larger  experience  of  the  com- 
munion of  saints.  And  finally,  we  beseech 
thee  to  bring  us,  and  all  who  in  coming 
days  worship  in  this  house,  together  with 
all  thy  redeemed,  to  that  city  of  God  where- 
in there  is  no  temple,  and  of  which  the 
Lamb  is  the  light.  And  unto  the  King 
eternal,  immortal  and  invisible,  the  only 
wise  God,  be  glory,  as  it  was  in  the  begin- 
ning, is  now,  and  ever  shall  be,  world  with- 
out end.     Amen. 


ORDER 


FOR  THE 


BUEIAL    OF    THE    DEAD. 


[^  Circumstances  attending  particular  cases  differ  so  entirely 
that  ministers  must  use  their  own  discretion  as  to  what  mode  of 
conducting  this  service  will  most  j^romote  the  honor  of  God  and 
the  edification  of  the  people.  The  following  principles,  however, 
are  unquestionably  true  and  to  be  followed  as  general  rules : 

With  few  exceptions,  personal  reference  and  eulogy  should 
have  no  place,  but  the  entire  service  should  be  occupied  with 
reading  the  Scriptures  and  acts  of  direct  worship. 

It  is  never  the  duty  of  the  minister  to  declare  the  deceased  to 
have  died  finally  impenitent.  God  is  the  only  Judge.  The  in- 
ference in  many  cases,  suggested  by  the  facts,  will  be  plain  and 
terrible  enough. 

The  minister  should  always  be  careful  not  to  imply,  by  use  of 
Scrij^tures  or  otherwise,  the  salvation  of  men  whose  lives  and 
deaths  have  possessed  no  marked  Christian  characteristics.] 

\It  is  suggested  that  the  selection  marked  I.  be  used  as  a 
General  Service,  and  that,  when  suitable,  the  selections  marked 
below  as  II.  or  III.  or  IV.  or  V.  or  VI.  be  introduced  after 
the  seventh  paragraph,  as  marked  below.] 
72 


BURIAL   OF    THE    DEAD.  73 

I. 

GENERAL  SERVICE. 

Man  that  is  born  of  a  woman  is  of  few 
days  and  full  of  trouble.  He  cometh  forth 
like  a  flower  and  is  cut  down,  he  fleeth  also  as 
a  shadow  and  continueth  not.     Job  xiv.  1,  2. 

As  for  man,  his  days  are  as  grass :  as  a 
flower  of  the  field,  so  he  flourisheth.  For 
the  wind  passeth  over  it,  and  it  is  gone,  and 
the  place  thereof  shall  know  it  no  more. 
But  the  mercy  of  the  Lord  is  from  ever- 
lasting to  everlasting  ujDon  them  that  fear 
him ;  and  his  righteousness  unto  children's 
children,  to  such  as  heeip  his  covenant,  and 
to  those  that  remember  his  commandments 
to  do  them.     Ps.  ciii.  15-18. 

Lord,  thou  hast  been  our  dwelling-j)lace  ^ 
in  all  generations.  Before  the  mountains 
were  brought  forth,  or  ever  thou  hadst 
formed  the  earth  and  the  world,  even  from 
everlasting  to  everlasting,  thou  art  God. 
Thou  turnest  man  to  destruction,  and  say- 
est,  Beturn,  ye  children  of  men.  For  a 
thousand  years  in  thy  sight  are  but  as 
yesterday  when  it  is  past,  and  as  a  watch  in 
the  night.     Thou  carriest  them  away  as  with 


74  MAmJAL   OF    FORMS. 

a  flood :  they  are  as  a  slee23 :  in  the  morning 
they  are  like  grass  which  groweth  up.  In 
the  morning  it  flourisheth  and  groweth  up ; 
in  the  evenrng  it  is  cut  down  and  withereth. 
For  we  are  consumed  by  thine  anger,  and  by 
thy  wrath  are  we  troubled.  Thou  hast  set  our 
iniquities  before  thee,  our  secret  sins  in  the 
light  of  thy  countenance.  For  all  our  days 
are  passed  away  in  thy  wi^ath;  we  sj)end 
our  years  as  a  tale  that  is  told.     Ps.  xc.  1-9. 

We  must  all  aj)pear  before  the  judgment- 
seat  of  Christ,  that  every  one  may  receive 
the  things  done  in  his  body,  according  to 
that  he  hath  done,  whether  it  be  good  or 
bad.     2  Cor.  v.  10. 

A^erily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  the  hour  is 
coming  and  now  ls,  when  the  dead  shall  hear 
the  voice  of  the  Son  of  God,  and  they  that 
hear  shall  live.  For  as  the  Father  hath  life 
in  himself,  so  hath  he  given  to  the  Son  to 
have  life  in  himself;  and  hath  given  him 
authority  to  execute  judgment  also,  because 
he  is  the  Son  of  man.  Marvel  not  at  this : 
for  the  hour  is  coming,  in  the  which  all  that 
are  in  the  graves  shall  hear  his  voice,  and 
shall  come  forth ;  they  that  have  done  good 
unto  the  resurrection  of  life,  and  they  that 


BURIAL   OF    THE    DEAD  7o 

have  done  evil  unto  tlie  resurrection  of  dam- 
nation.    John  V.  25-29. 

Oil  that  they  were  wise,  that  they  under- 
stood this,  that   they  would  consider   their 

latter  end!     Deut.  xxxii.  20. 
« 

\^Here  introduce  Selections  II.,  Ill,  IV.,  V.,  or  VI.,  as 
one  or  other  is  appropriate  to  the  case,  and  then  proceed  as 
follows: 
[Haviiir/  reached  the  place  of  burial,  the  minister  shall  say  :^ 

I  am  the  resurrection  and  the  life :  he 
that  believeth  in  me,  though  he  were  dead, 
yet  shall  he  live.  And  whosoever  liveth 
and  believeth  in  me  shall  never  die.  John 
xi.  25,  26. 

[Then,  while  the  earth  is  cast  upon  the  coffin  hy  some  stand- 
ing by,  the  minister  shall  say ;] 

Forasmuch  as  it  hath  j^leased  Almighty 
God  to  take  out  of  this  world  the  soul  of 
our  departed  brother,  we  therefore  commit 
Ms  body  to  the  ground ;  earth  to  earth, 
ashes  to  ashes,  dust  to  dust.  And  we  look 
for  the  general  resurrection  in  the  last  day, 
and  the  life  of  the  world  to  come,  through 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ;  at  whose  second 
coming  in  glorious  majesty  to  judge  the 
world  the  earth  and  the  sea  shall  give  up 
their  dead;  and  the  corruptible  bodies  of 
those  who  sleep  in  him  shall  be  changed 


76  MANUAL   OF    FOKMS. 

and  made  like  unto  his  glorious  body,  ac- 
cording to  the  working  whereby  he  is  able 
even  to  subdue  all  things  unto  himself. 

[If  appropriate:  I  know  that  my  Ee- 
deemer  liveth,  and  that  he  shall  stand  at 
the  latter  day  u]3on  the  earth.  And  though 
after  my  skin  worms  destroy  this  body,  yet 
in  my  flesh  shall  I  see  God ;  whom  I  shall 
see  for  myself,  and  mine  eyes  shall  behold, 
and  not  another. 

I  would  not  have  you  to  be  ignorant, 
brethren,  concerning  them  which  are  asleep, 
that  ye  sorrow  not,  even  as  others  which 
have  no  hope.  For  if  we  believe  that  Jesus 
died  and  rose  again,  even  so  them  also  that 
sleep  in  Jesus  will  God  bring  with  him.] 

Let  us  pray : 

Almighty  God,  who  by  the  death  of  thy 
dear  Son  Jesus  Christ  hast  destroyed  death, 
by  his  rest  in  the  tomb  hath  sanctified  the 
graves  of  the  saints,  and  by  his  glorious 
resurrection  hath  brought  life  and  immor- 
tality to  light ;  receive,  we  beseech  thee,  our 
unfeigned  thanks  for  that  victory  over  death 
and  the  grave  which  he  hath  obtained  for  us 
and  for  all  who  sleep  in  him ;  and  keep  us 
in  everlasting  fellowship  with  all  that  wait 


BUKIAL    OF    THE    DEAD.  77 

for  tlice  on  earth,  and  witli  all  that  are 
around  thee  in  heaven ;  in  union  with  Him 
who  is  the  resurrection  and  the  life,  who 
liveth  and  reigneth  with  thee  and  the  Holy- 
Ghost,  ever  one  God,  world  without  end. 
Amex. 

Almighty  God,  our  heavenly  Father,  who, 
in  thy  perfect  wisdom  and  mercy,  hast  ended 
for  thy  servants  departed  the  voyage  of  this 
troublous  life,  grant,  we  beseech  thee,  that 
we  who  are  still  to  continue  our  course 
amidst  earthly  dangers,  temptations  and 
troubles  may  evermore  be  protected  by  thy 
mercy,  and  finally  come  to  the  haven  of 
eternal  salvation,  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord.     Amex. 

The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and 
the  love  of  God,  and  the  fellowship  of  the 
Holy  Ghost  be  with  you  all,  evermore. 
Amen.* 

*  The  above  prayers  are  borrowed  by  permission  from  the 
book  of  the  Reformed  (Dutcli)  Church  in  America. 


78  MANUAL   OF   FOEMS. 

n. 

SELECTIONS  EELATING  TO  THE 
DEATH    OF    YOUNG    CHILDREN. 

A  VOICE  was  heard  in  Ramali,  lamenta- 
tion and  bitter  weeping ;  Kachel  weeping  for 
lier  children  refused  to  be  comforted  for  her 
children,  because  they  were  not.  Jer.  xxxi. 
15. 

Suffer  the  little  children  to  come  unto  me, 
and  forbid  them  not ;  for  of  such  is  the 
kingdom  of  God.  Verily,  I  say  unto  you, 
Whosoever  shall  not  receive  the  kingdom 
of  God  as  a  little  child,  he  shall  not  enter 
therein.  And  he  took  them  up  in  his  arms, 
put  his  hands  upon  them  and  blessed  them. 
Mark  X.  14-16. 

Even  so,  it  is  not  the  will  of  your  Father 
which  is  in  heaven  that  one  of  these  little 
ones  should  perish.     Matt,  xviii.  14. 

And  the  Lord  struck  the  child,  .  .  .  and 
it  was  very  sick.  David  therefore  besought 
God  for  the  child;  and  David  fasted  and 
went  in  and  lay  all  night  upon  the  earth. 
And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  seventh  day  that 


BURIAL    OF    THE    DEAD.  79 

the  cliild  died.  And  the  servants  of  David 
feared  to  tell  him  that  the  child  was  dead. 
But  when  David  perceived  that  the  child 
was  dead,  .  .  .  he  arose  from  the  earth  and 
washed,  and  anointed  himself  and  changed 
his  apparel  and  came  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord  and  worshiped.  .  .  .  And  he  said, 
While  the  child  was  yet  alive,  I  fasted  and 
wept :  for  I  said.  Who  can  tell  whether  God 
will  be  gracious  to  me,  that  the  child  may 
live  ?  But  now  he  is  dead,  wherefore  should 
I  fast?  Can  I  bring  him  back  again?  I 
shall  go  to  him,  but  he  shall  not  return  to 
me.     2  Sam.  xii.  15-23. 

The  Lord  gave  and  the  Lord  hath  taken 
away ;  blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord. 
Job  i.  21. 


III. 


SELECTIONS  EELATIXG  TO   THE 

SUDDEN  DEATH  OF  PERSONS  IN  MIDDLE 
LIFE. 

For  what  is  your  life  ?  It  is  even  a 
vapor  that  appeareth  for  a  little  time,  and 
then  v'anisheth  away.     James  iv.  14. 


80  MANUAL   OF    FORMS. 

Man  knowetli  not  that  which  shall  be,  for 
who  can  tell  him  when  it  shall  be  ?  There 
is  no  man  that  hath  power  over  the  sj^irit  to 
retain  the  spirit ;  neither  hath  he  power  in 
the  day  of  death ;  and  there  is  no  discharge 
in  that  war.     Eccles.  viii.  7,  8. 

He  draweth  also  the  mighty  with  his 
power ;  he  riseth  up,  and  no  man  is  sure  of 
life.  .  .  .  They  are  exalted  for  a  little  while, 
but  are  gone  and  brought  low ;  they  are 
taken  out  of  the  way,  as  all  other,  and  cut 
off  as  the  tops  of  the  ears  of  corn.  Job 
xxiv.  22-24. 

One  dieth  in  his  full  strength,  being 
wholly  at  ease  and  quiet.  And  another 
dieth  in  the  bitterness  of  his  soul,  and  never 
eateth  with  pleasure.  They  shall  lie  down 
alike  in  the  dust,  and  the  worms  shall  cover 
them.     Job  xxi.  23-26. 

Take  ye  heed,  watch  and  pray ;  for  ye 
know  not  when  the  time  is,  .  .  .  for  ye 
know  not  when  the  Master  of  the  house 
Cometh,  at  even,  or  at  midnight,  or  at  the 
cock-crowing,  or  in  the  morning :  lest  com- 
ing suddenly,  he  find  you  sleeping.  And 
what  I  say  unto  you,  I  say  unto  all.  Watch. 
Mark  xiii.  33-37. 


BURIAL   OF   THE    DEAD.  81 

IV. 

SELECTIONS   APPLYING  TO  THE 
DEATH  OF  THE  AGED. 

We  spend  our  years  as  a  tale  that  is  told. 
The  days  of  our  years  are  threescore  years 
and  ten,  and  if  by  reason  of  strength  they 
be  fourscore  years,  yet  is  their  strength  labor 
and  sorrow,  for  it  is  soon  cut  off  and  we  fly 
away.     Ps.  xc.  9,  10. 

And  Jacob  said  unto  Pharaoh,  The  days 
of  the  years  of  my  pilgrimage  are  an  hun- 
dred and  thirty  years ;  few  and  evil  have 
t]a£  days  of  the  years  of  my  life  been. 
CW.  xlvii.  9. 

The  hoary  head  is  a  crown  of  glory  if  it 
be  found  in  the  way  of  righteousness.  Prov. 
xvi.  31. 

The  righteous  shall  flourish  like  the  palm 
tree :  he  shall  grow  like  a  cedar  in  Lebanon. 
Those  that  be  planted  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  shall  flourish  in  the  courts  of  our  God. 
They  shall  still  bring  forth  fruit  in  old  age, 
they  shall  be  fat  and  flourishing,  to  show 
that  the  Lord  is  upright.     He  is  my  rock ; 


82  MANUAL   OF    FORMS. 

and  there  is  no  unrighteousness  in  him.     Ps. 
xcii.  12-15. 

Thou  shalt  come  to  thy  grave  in  a  full 
age;  like  as  a  shock  of  corn  cometh  in  in 
his  season.     Job  v.  26. 


SELECTIONS  RELATING  TO  THE 

DEATH  OF  BELIEVERS,  AND  THE  GLORY 
THAT  FOLLOWS. 

And  I  heard  a  voice  from  heaven,  saying 
unto  me,  Write :  Blessed  are  the  dead  which 
die  in  the  Lord  from  henceforth ;  yea,  saith 
the  SjDirit,  that  they  may  rest  from  their 
labors,  and  their  works  do  follow  them. 
Rev.  xiv.  13. 

But  I  would  not  have  you  to  be  ignorant, 
brethren,  concerning  them  which  are  asleep, 
that  ye  sorrow  not,  even  as  others  which 
have  no  hope.  For  if  we  believe  that  Jesus 
died  and  rose  again,  even  so  them  also  which 
sleep  in  Jesus  will  God  bring  with  him.  For 
this  we  say  unto  youT3y  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
that  we  which  are  alive  and  remain  unto  the 


BUIIIAL   OF   THE    DEAD.  83 

coming  of  the  Lord,  shall  not  prevent  them 
which  are  asleej).  For  the  Lord  Jiimself 
shall  descend  from  heaven  with  a  shout, 
with  the  voice  of  the  archangel  and  with  the 
trump  of  God :  and  the  dead  in  Christ  shall 
rise  first.  Then  we  which  are  alive  and  re- 
main shall  be  caught  up  together  with  them 
in  the  clouds,  to  meet  the  Lord  in  the  air ; 
and  so  shall  we  ever  be  with  the  Lord. 
Wherefore  comfort  one  another  with  these 
words.     1  Thess.  iv.  13-18. 

Blessed  and  holy  is  he  that  hath  part  in 
the  first  resurrection :  on  such  the  second 
death  hath  no  power,  but  they  shall  be 
priests  of  God  and  of  Christ,  and  shall  reign 
with  him  a  thousand  years.     Rev.  xx.  6. 

But  now  is  Christ  risen  from  the  dead, 
and  become  the  first-fruits  of  them  that 
slept.  For  since  by  man  came  death,  by 
man  came  also  the  resurrection  from  the 
dead.  For  as  in  Adam  all  die,  even  so  in 
Christ  shall  all  be  made  alive.  But  every 
man  in  his  own  order.  Christ  the  first- 
fruits,  afterward  they  that  are  Christ's  at 
his  coming.  Then  cometli  the  end,  when 
he  shall  have  delivered  up  the  kingdom  to 
God,  even  the  Father,  when  he  shall  have 


84  MANUAL   OF    FORMS. 

put  down  all  rule  and  all  authority  and 
power.  For  lie  must  reign  till  he  hath  put 
all  enemies  under  his  feet.  The  last  enemy 
that  shall  be  destroyed  is  death.  For  he 
hath  put  all  things  under  his  feet ;  but  when 
he  saith,  All  things  are  put  under  him,  it  is 
manifest  that  He  is  excepted  which  did  put 
all  things  under  him.  And  when  all  things 
shall  be  subdued  unto  him,  then  shall  the 
Son  also  himself  be  subject  unto  him,  that 
God  may  be  all  and  in  all. 

Else  what  shall  they  do  which  are  bap- 
tized for  the  dead,  if  the  dead  rise  not  at  all  ? 
why  are  they  then  baptized  for  the  dead? 
And  why  stand  we  in  jeopardy  every  hour? 
But  some  man  will  say,  How  are  the  dead 
raised  ujd?  and  with  what  body  do  they 
come?  Thou  fool,  .  .  .  that  which  thou 
sowest,  thou  sowest  not  that  body  that  shall 
be,  but  bare  grain,  it  may  chance  of  wheat, 
or  of  some  other  grain.  But  God  giveth  it 
a  body  as  it  hath  pleased  him,  and  to  every 
seed  his  own  body.  All  flesh  is  not  the 
same  flesh,  but  there  is  one  kind  of  flesh  of 
men,  another  flesh  of  beasts,  another  of  fishes, 
another  of  birds.  There  are  also  celestial 
bodies  and  bodies  terrestrial :  but  the  glory 


BURIAL   OF   THE   DEAD.  85 

of  the  celestial  is  one,  and  the  glory  of  the 
terrestrial  is  anotlier.  ... 

There  is  one  glory  of  the  sun,  and  another 
glory  of  the  moon,  and  another  glory  of  the 
stars :  for  one  star  differ eth  from  another  star 
in  glory.  So  also  is  the  resurrection  of  the 
dead.  It  is  sown  in  corruption,  it  is  raised 
in  incorruption ;  it  is  sown  in  dishonor,  it  is 
raised  in  glory ;  it  is  sown  in  weakness,  it  is 
raised  in  power ;  it  is  sown  a  natural  body,  it 
is  raised  a  spiritual  body.  There  is  a  natural 
body,  and  there  is  a  sj)iritual  body.  And  so 
it  is  written :  The  first  man  Adam  was  made 
a  living  soul,  the  last  Adam  was  made  a 
quickening  sj^irit.  .  .  .  And  as  we  have  borne 
the  image  of  the  earthy,  we  shall  also  bear 
the  image  of  the  heavenly.  .  .  .  Behold,  I 
show  you  a  mystery :  we  shall  not  all  sleep, 
but  we  shall  all  be  changed,  in  a  moment,  in 
the  twinkling  of  an  eye,  at  the  last  trump : 
for  the  trumpet  shall  sound,  and  the  dead 
shall  be  raised  incorruptible,  and  we  shall  be 
changed.  For  thi^^  corruptible  must  put  on 
incorruption,  and  this  mortal  must  put  on 
immortality.  So  when  this  corruptible  shall 
have  put  on  incorn.iption,  and  this  mortal 
shall  have  put  on  immortality,  then  shall  be 


86  MANUAL   OF    FOEMS. 

brought  to  pass  tlie  saying  tliat  is  written, 
Death  is  swallowed  uj)  in  victory.  O  death, 
where  is  thy  sting  ?  O  grave,  where  is  thy 
victory?  The  sting  of  death  is  sin,  and  the 
strength  of  sin  is  the  law ;  but  thanks  be  to 
God,  which  giveth  us  the  victory,  through 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ !  1  Cor.  xv.  20-57. 
And  I  saw  a  new  heaven,  and  a  new  earth ; 
for  the  first  heaven  and  the  first  earth  were 
j)assed  away,  and  there  was  no  more  sea. 
And  I  John  saw  the  holy  city,  new  Jeru- 
salem, coming  down  from  God  out  of  heaven, 
prepared  as  a  bride  adorned  for  her  husband. 
And  I  heard  a  great  voice  out  of  heaven, 
saying,  Behold,  the  tabernacle  of  God  is 
with  men,  and  he  will  dwell  with  them,  and 
they  shall  be  his  peo23le,  and  God  himself 
shall  be  with  them  and  be  their  God.  And 
God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from  their 
eyes;  and  there  shall  be  no  more  death, 
neither  sorrow,  nor  crying,  neither  shall 
there  be  any  more  pain ;  for  the  former 
things  are  passed  away.     Eev.  xxi.  1-4. 


BURIAL   OF   THE   DEAD.  87 

VI. 

SELECTIONS  WHICH  SET  FORTH 

THE    DESIGN    AND    GKACIOUS    CONSOLA- 
TIONS OF  AFFLICTION. 

Although  affliction  cometli  not  forth  of 
the  dust,  neither  doth  trouble  spring  out  of 
the  ground ;  yet  man  is  born  unto  trouble  as 
the  sparks  fly  upward.     Job  v.  6,  7. 

Before  I  was  afflicted  I  went  astray :  but 
now  have  I  kept  thy  word.  It  is  good  for 
me  that  I  have  been  afflicted ;  that  I  might 
learn  thy  statutes.  The  law  of  thy  mouth 
is  better  unto  me  than  thousands  of  gold 
and  silver.     Ps.  cxix.  67,  71,  72. 

Behold,  happy  is  the  man  whom  God  cor- 
rect eth  :  therefore  despise  not  thou  the  chas- 
tening of  the  Almighty.  For  he  maketh 
sore  and  bindeth  up :  he  woundeth  and  his 
hands  make  Avhole.  He  shall  deliver  thee 
in  six  troubles :  yea,  in  seven  there  shall  no 
evil  touch  thee.     Job  v.  17-19. 

For  the  Lord  will  not  cast  off  for  ever : 
but  though  he  cause  grief,  yet  will  he  have 
compassion  according  to  the  multitude  of  his 


88  MANUAL   OF    FORMS. 

mercies.  For  he  dotli  not  afflict  willingly 
nor  grieve  the  children  of  men.  Lam.  iii. 
31-33. 

My  son,  despise  not  thou  the  chastening  of 
the  Lord,  nor  faint  when  thou  art  rebuked 
of  him  :  for  whom  the  Lord  loveth  he  chas- 
ten eth,  and  scourgeth  every  son  whom  he 
receiveth.  If  ye  endure  chastening,  God 
dealeth  with  you  as  with  sons ;  for  what  son 
is  he  whom  the  Father  chasteneth  not  ?  But 
if  ye  be  without  chastisement,  whereof  all  are 
partakers,  then  are  ye  bastards  and  not  sons. 
Furthermore,  we  have  had  fathers  of  our  flesh 
which  corrected  us,  and  we  gave  them  rever- 
ence ;  shall  we  not  much  rather  be  in  subjec- 
tion unto  the  Father  of  spirits  and  live  ?  For 
they  verily  for  a  few  days  chastened  us  after 
their  own  pleasure,  but  he  for  our  profit,  that 
we  might  be  partakers  of  his  holiness.  Now 
no  chastening  for  the  present  seemetli  to  be 
joyous,  but  grievous  :  nevertheless  afterward 
it  yieldeth  the  peaceable  fruit  of  righteous- 
ness unto  them  which  are  exercised  thereby. 
Wherefore  lift  up  the  liands  which  hang 
down  and  the  feeble  knees.  .  .  .  Ye  are  come 
to  Mount  Sion,  and  unto  the  city  of  the  liv- 
ing God,  the  heavenly  Jerusalem,  and  to  an 


BURIAL   OF    THE    DEAD.  89 

innumerable  company  of  Angels,  to  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  and  Church  of  the  Fii'st  Born 
which  are  written  in  heaven,  and  to  God  the 
Judge  of  all,  and  to  the  spirits  of  just  men 
made  perfect ;  and  to  Jesus  the  Mediator  of 
the  New  Covenant,  and  to  the  blood  of 
sprinkling,  that  speaketh  better  things  than 
that  of  Abel.     Heb.  xii.  5-12,  22-24. 

For  as  the  sufferings  of  Christ  abound  in 
us,  so  our  consolation  also  aboundeth  by 
Christ.     2  Cor.  i.  5. 

For  our  light  affliction,  which  is  but  for 
a  moment,  worketh  for  us  a  far  more  ex- 
ceeding and  eternal  weight  of  glory ;  while 
we  look  not  at  the  things  which  are  seen,  but 
at  the  things  which  are  not  seen ;  for  the 
things  which  are  seen  are  temporal ;  but  the 
things  which  are  not  seen  are  eternal.  2  Cor. 
iv.  17,  18. 

And  not  only  so,  but  we  glory  in  tribu- 
lations also  ;  knowing  that  tribulation  work- 
eth patience,  and  patience  experience,  and 
experience  hope.     Kom.  v.  3,  4. 

My  brethren,  count  it  all  joy  when  ye  fall 
into  diverse  temptations ;  knowing  this,  that 
the  trying  of  your  faith  worketh  patience. 
Blessed  is  the  man  that  endureth  temptation : 


90  MAmiAL   OF   FOEMS. 

for  when  he  is  tried,  lie  shall  receive  the 
crown  of  life,  which  the  Lord  hath  promised 
to  them  that  love  him.     James  i.  2,  3,  12. 

That  the  trial  of  your  faith,  being  much 
more  precious  than  of  gold  that  perisheth, 
though  it  be  tried  with  fire,  might  be  found 
unto  praise  and  honor  and  glory  at  the  ap- 
pearing of  Jesus  Christ.     1  Pet.  i.  7. 

Sing,  O  heavens ;  and  be  joyful,  O  earth, 
and  break  forth  into  singing,  O  mountains : 
for  the  Lord  hath  comforted  his  people,  and 
will  have  mercy  upon  his  afflicted.  Isa. 
xlix.  13. 

For  a  small  moment  have  I  forsaken  thee, 
but  with  great  mercies  will  I  gather  thee. 
In  a  little  wrath  I  hid  my  face  from  thee  for 
a  moment ;  but  with  everlasting  kindness 
will  I  have  mercy  on  thee,  saith  the  Lord 
thy  Eedeemer.     Isa.  liv.  7,  8. 


SELECTIONS  OF  SCRIPTURE 


USE  OF  THE  PASTOR  IN  THE  SICK-ROOM. 


EEPENTANCE  FOR  SIN. 

Psalm  li. 

Hate  mercy  upon  me,  O  God,  according  to  thy 
loving-kindness  :  according  unto  the  multitude  of  thy 
tender  mercies  blot  out  my  transgressions. 

Wash  me  thoroughly  from  mine  iniquity,  and 
cleanse  me  from  my  sin. 

For  I  acknowledge  my  transgressions ;  and  my  sin 
is  ever  before  me. 

Against  thee,  thee  only,  have  I  sinned,  and  done 
this  evil  in  thy  sight :  that  thou  mightest  be  justified 
when  thou  speakest,  and  be  clear  when  thou  judgest. 

Behold,  I  was  shapen  in  iniquity;  and  in  sin  did 
my  mother  conceive  me. 

Behold,  thou  desirest  truth  in  the  inward  parts : 
and  in  the  hidden  part  thou  shalt  make  me  to  know 
wisdom. 

Purge  me  with  hyssop,  and  I  shall  be  clean :  wash 
me,  and  I  shall  be  whiter  than  snow. 

91 


92  MANUAL   OF   FORMS. 

Make  me  to  hear  joy  and  gladness ;  that  the  bones 
which  thou  hast  broken  may  rejoice. 

Hide  thy  face  from  my  sins,  and  blot  out  all  mine 
iniquities. 

Create  in  me  a  clean  heart,  0  God ;  and  renew  a 
right  spirit  within  me. 

Cast  me  not  away  from  thy  presence ;  and  take  not 
thy  Holy  Spirit  from  me. 

Restore  unto  me  the  joy  of  thy  salvation  ;  and  up- 
hold me  with  thy  free  Spirit. 

Then  will  I  teach  transgressors  thy  ways ;  and  sin- 
ners shall  be  converted  unto  thee. 

Deliver  me  from  blood-guiltiness,  O  God,  thou  God 
of  my  salvation  *  and  my  tongue  shall  sing  aloud  of 
thy  righteousness. 

O  Lord,  open  thou  my  lips,  and  my  mouth  shall 
show  forth  thy  praise. 

For  thou  desirest  not  sacrifice  ;  else  would  I  give  it : 
thou  delightest  not  in  burnt- offering. 

The  sacrifices  of  God  are  a  broken  spirit :  a  broken 
and  a  contrite  heart,  O  God,  thou  wilt  not  despise. 

Do  good  in  thy  good  pleasure  unto  Zion  :  build  thou 
the  walls  of  Jerusalem. 

Then  shalt  thou  be  pleased  with  the  sacrifices  of 
righteousness,  with  burnt-offering  and  whole  burnt- 
offering:  then  shall  they  offer  bullocks  upon  thine 
altar. 

PATIENCE. 

Job   XL.  AND   XLII. 

Moreover  the  Lord  answered  Job  and  said.  Shall  he 
that  contendeth  with  the  Almighty  instruct  him  ?  he 
that  rej)roveth  God  let  him  answer  it.  .  .  .  Gird  up 


IN    THE   SICK-ROOM.  93 

thy  loins  now  like  a  man :  I  will  demand  of  thee,  and 
declare  thou  unto  me.  Wilt  thou  also  disannul  my 
judgment  ?  Wilt  thou  condemn  me  that  thou  mayest 
be  righteous  ? 

Then  Job  answered  the  Lord,  and  said,  Behold  I 
am  vile ;  what  shall  I  answer  thee  ?  I  will  lay  my 
hand  upon  my  mouth,  I  know  that  thou  canst  do 
everything,  and  that  no  thought  can  be  withholden 
from  thee.  Who  is  he  that  hideth  counsel  without 
knowledge?  therefore  have  I  uttered  that  I  under- 
stood not;  things  too  wonderful  for  me,  which  I 
kne^v  not.  Hear,  I  beseech  thee,  and  I  will  speak : 
I  will  demand  of  thee,  and  declare  thou  unto  me. 
I  have  heard  of  thee  by  the  hearing  of  the  ear : 
but  now  mine  eye  seeth  thee:  wherefore  I  abhor 
myself,  and  repent  in  dust  and   ashes. 

Though  he  slay  me,  yet  will  I  trust  in  him. 

Hebrews  xii. 

Wherefore,  seeing  we  also  are  compassed  about  with 
so  great  a  cloud  of  witnesses,  let  us  lay  aside  every 
weight,  and  the  sin  which  doth  so  easily  beset  us,  and 
let  us  run  with  patience  the  race  that  is  set  before  us, 
looking  unto  Jesus  the  author  and  finisher  of  our 
faith ;  who  for  the  joy  that  was  set  before  him  endured 
the  cross,  despising  the  shame,  and  is  set  down  at  the 
right  hand  of  the  throne  of  God. 

For  consider  Him  that  endured  such  contradiction 
of  sinners  against  himself,  lest  ye  be  wearied  and  faint 
in  your  minds.  Ye  have  not  yet  resisted  unto  blood, 
striving  against  sin.  And  ye  have  forgotten  the  ex 
hortation  which  speaketh  unto  you  as  unto  children. 


94  MAXTAL   OF   FOEMS. 

My  son,  despise  not  thou  the  chastening  of  the  Lord, 
nor  faint  when  thou  art  rebuked  of  him:  for  whom 
the  Lord  loveth  he  chasteneth,  and  scourgeth  every 
son  whom  he  receiveth.  If  ye  endure  chastening, 
God  dealeth  with  you  as  with  sons ;  for  what  son  is  he 
whom  the  father  chasteneth  not?  But  if  ye  be  with- 
out chastisement,  whereof  all  are  partakers,  then  are 
ye  bastards,  and  not  sons. 

Furthermore,  we  have  had  fathers  of  our  flesh  which 
corrected  us,  and  we  gave  them  reverence:  shall  we 
not  much  rather  be  in  subjection  unto  the  Father  of 
spirits,  and  live?  For  they  verily  for  a  few  days 
chastened  us  after  their  own  pleasure ;  but  he  for  our 
profit,  that  we  might  be  partakers  of  his  holiness. 

Now  no  chastening  for  the  present  seemeth  to  be 
joyous,  but  grievous :  nevertheless,  afterward  it  yield- 
eth  the  peaceable  fruit  of  righteousness  unto  them 
which  are  exercised  thereby.  Wherefore  lift  up  the 
hands  which  hang  down,  and  the  feeble  knees;  and 
make  straight  paths  for  your  feet,  lest  that  which  is 
lame  be  turned  out  of  the  way ;  but  let  it  rather  be 
healed. 

^  ^  *  5^  * 

For  ye  are  not  come  unto  the  mount  that  might  be 
touched,  and  that  burned  with  fire,  nor  unto  black- 
ness, and  darkness,  and  tempest,  and  the  sound  of  a 
trumpet,  and  the  voice  of  words;  which  voice  they 
that  heard  entreated  that  the  word  should  not  be 
spoken  to  them  any  more. 

^  *  ^  *  * 

But  ye  are  come  unto  Mount  Sion,  and  unto  the  city 
of  the  living  God,  the  heavenly  Jerusalem,  and  to  an 


IN   THE   SICK-KOOM.  95 

iniuiinerable  conii)aiiy  of  angels,  to  the  general  as- 
sembly and  Church  of  the  first-born,  which  are  written 
in  heaven,  and  to  God  the  Judge  of  all,  and  to  the 
spirits  of  just  men  made  perfect,  and  to  Jesus  the  me- 
diator of  the  new  covenant,  and  to  the  blood  of  sprink- 
ling, that  speaketh  better  things  than  that  of  Abel. 

See  that  ye  refuse  not  him  that  speaketh :  for  if 
they  escaped  not  who  refused  him  that  spake  on 
earth,  much  more  shall  not  we  escape,  if  we  turn 
away  from  Him  that  speaketh  from  heaven :  whose 
voice  then  shook  the  earth :  but  now  he  hath  prom- 
ised, saying.  Yet  once  more  I  shake  not  the  earth 
only,  but  also  heaven.  And  this  w^ord.  Yet  once 
more,  signifieth  the  removing  of  those  things  that  are 
shaken,  as  of  things  that  are  made,  that  those  things 
"which  cannot  be  shaken  may  remain.  Wherefore  we 
receiving  a  kingdom  which  cannot  be  moved,  let  us 
have  grace,  whereby  we  may  serve  God  acceptably 
with  reverence  and  godly  fear :  for  our  God  is  a  con- 
suming fire. 

FAITH. 
John  XIV.  1-27. 

Let  not  your  heart  be  troubled  :  ye  believe  in  God, 
believe  also  in  me.  In  my  Father's  house  are  many 
mansions :  if  it  were  not  so,  I  would  have  told  you. 
I  go  to  prepare  a  place  for  you.  And  if  I  go  and 
prepare  a  place  for  you,  I  will  come  again  and  receive 
you  unto  myself;  that  where  I  am,  there  ye  may  be 
also.  And  whither  I  go  ye  know,  and  the  way  ye 
know. 

Thomas  saith  unto  him,  Lord,  we  know  not  whither 
thou  goest ;  and  how  can  we  know  the  way  ? 


96  MAIOJAL   OF    FOEMS. 

Jesus  saith  unto  him,  I  am  the  way,  and  the  truth, 
and  the  life :  no  man  cometh  unto  the  Father,  but  by 
me.  If  ye  had  known  me,  ye  should  have  known  my 
Father  also :  and  from  henceforth  ye  know  him,  and 
have  seen  him. 

Philip  saith  unto  him.  Lord,  show  us  the  Father, 
and  it  sufficeth  us.  Jesus  saith  unto  him.  Have  I 
been  so  long  time  with  you,  and  yet  hast  thou  not 
known  me,  Philip?  he  that  hath  seen  me,  hath  seen 
the  Father;  and  how  sayest  thou  then.  Show  us  the 
Father  ?  Believest  thou  not  that  I  am  in  the  Father, 
and  the  Father  in  me  ?  the  words  that  I  speak  unto 
you,  I  speak  not  of  myself:  but  the  Father,  that 
dwelleth  in  me,  he  doeth  the  works.  Believe  me  that 
I  am  in  the  Father,  and  the  Father  in  me :  or  else  be- 
lieve me  for  the  very  works'  sake.  Verily,  verily,  I 
say  unto  you.  He  that  believeth  on  me,  the  works 
that  I  do  shall  he  do  also ;  and  greater  works  than 
these  shall  he  do;  because  I  go  unto  my  Father. 
And  whatsoever  ye  shall  ask  in  my  name,  that  will  I 
do,  that  the  Father  may  be  glorified  in  the  Son.  If 
ye  shall  ask  anything  in  my  name,  I  will  do  it. 

If  ye  love  me,  keep  my  commandments:  and  I 
will  pray  the  Father,  and  he  shall  give  you  another 
Comforter,  that  he  may  abide  with  you  for  ever  ;  even 
the  Spirit  of  truth ;  whom  the  world  cannot  receive, 
because  it  seeth  him  not,  neither  knoweth  him  :  but 
ye  know  him  ;  for  he  dwelleth  with  jou,  and  shall  be 
in  you.  I  will  not  leave  you  comfortless  :  I  will  come 
to  you.  Yet  a  little  while,  and  the  world  seeth  me  no 
more;  but  ye  see  me:  because  I  live  ye  shall  live 
also.     At  that  day  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  in  my 


IN    THE   SICK-ROOM.  97 

Father,  and  ye  in  me,  and  I  in  you.  He  that  hath 
my  commandments,  and  keepeth  them,  he  it  is  that 
loveth  me :  and  he  that  loveth  me,  shall  be  loved  of 
my  Father,  and  I  will  love  him,  and  will  manifest 
myself  to  him. 

Judas  saith  unto  him  (not  Iscariot),  Lord,  how  is 
it  that  thou  wilt  manifest  thyself  unto  us,  and  not 
unto  the  world? 

Jesus  answered  and  said  unto  him,  If  a  man  love 
me,  he  will  keep  my  words ;  and  my  Father  will  love 
him,  and  we  will  come  unto  him,  and  make  our  abode 
with  him.  He  that  loveth  me  not,  keepeth  not  my 
sayings :  and  the  word  which  ye  hear  is  not  mine,  but 
the  Father's  which  sent  me.  These  things  have  I 
spoken  unto  you,  being  yet  present  with  you.  But 
the  Comforter,  which  is  the  Holy  Ghost,  whom  the 
Father  will  send  in  my  name,  he  shall  teach  you  all 
things,  and  bring  all  things  to  your  remembrance, 
whatsoever  I  have  said  unto  you. 

Peace  I  leave  with  you,  my  peace  I  give  unto  you : 
not  as  the  world  giveth,  give  I  unto  you.  Let  not 
your  heart  be  troubled,  neither  let  it  be  afraid. 

Psalm  xxiii. 

The  Lord  is  my  shepherd :  I  shall  not  want. 

He  maketh  me  to  lie  down  in  green  pastures :  he 
leadeth  me  beside  the  still  waters. 

He  restoreth  my  soul :  he  leadeth  me  in  the  paths 
of  righteousness  for  his  name's  sake. 

Yea,  though  I  walk  through  the  valley  of  the 
shadow  of  death,  I  will  fear  no  evil :  for  thou  art 
with  me ;  thy  rod  and  thy  staff  they  comfort  me. 

7 


98  MAJfUAL   OF    FORMS. 

Thou  prepares!  a  table  before  me  in  the  presence  of 
mine  enemies  :  thou  anointest  my  head  with  oil ;  my 
cup  runneth  over. 

Surely  goodness  and  mercy  shall  follow  me  all  the 
days  of  my  life :  and  I  will  dwell  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord  for  ever. 

Psalm  xc. 

Lord,  thou  hast  been  our  dwelling-place  in  all  gen- 
erations. 

Before  the  mountains  were  brought  forth,  or  ever 
thou  hadst  formed  the  earth  and  the  world,  even  from 
everlasting  to  everlasting,  thoii  art  God. 

Thou  turnest  man  to  destruction ;  and  sayest,  Re- 
turn, ye  children  of  men. 

For  a  thousand  years  in  thy  sight  are  but  as  yester- 
day when  it  is  past,  and  as  a  watch  in  the  night. 

Thou  earnest  them  away  as  with  a  flood,  they  are 
as  a  sleep ;  in  the  morning  they  are  like  grass  which 
groweth  up. 

In  the  morning  it  flourisheth,  and  groweth  up ;  in 
the  evening  it  is  cut  down,  and  withereth. 

For  we  are  consumed  by  thine  anger,  and  by  thy 
■wrath  are  we  troubled. 

Thou  hast  set  our  iniquities  before  thee,  our  secret 
sins  in  the  light  of  thy  countenance. 

For  all  our  days  are  passed  away  in  thy  wrath  :  we 
spend  our  years,  as  a  tale  that  is  told. 

The  days  of  our  years  are  threescore  years  and  ten  ; 
and  if  by  reason  of  strength  they  be  fourscore  years, 
yet  is  their  strength  labor  and  sorrow ;  for  it  is  soon 
cut  off,  and  w^e  fly  away. 


IN    THE   SICK-EOOM.  99 

Who  knoweth  the  power  of  thine  auger?  even  ac- 
cording to  thy  fear,  so  is  thy  wrath. 

So  teach  us  to  number  our  days,  that  we  may  apply 
our  hearts  unto  wisdom. 

Return,  O  Lord,  how  long?  and  let  it  repent  thee 
concerning  thy  servants. 

Oh  satisfy  us  early  with  thy  mercy  ;  that  we  may  re- 
joice and  be  glad  all  our  days. 

Make  us  glad  according  to  the  days  wherein  thou 
hast  afflicted  us,  and  the  years  wherein  we  have  seen 
evil. 

Let  thy  work  appear  unto  thy  servants,  and  thy 
glory  unto  their  children. 

And  let  the  beauty  of  the  Lord  our  God  be  upon 
us :  and  establish  thou  the  work  of  our  hands  upon 
us:  yea,  the  work  of  our  hands  establish  thou  it. 


Psalm  cm. 

Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul :  and  all  that  is  within 
me,  bless  his  holy  name. 

Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul,  and  forget  not  all  his 
benefits : 

Who  forgiveth  all  thine  iniquities ;  who  healeth  all 
thy  diseases ; 

Who  redeemeth  thy  life  from  destruction ;  who 
crowneth  thee  with  loving-kindness  and  tender 
mercies  ; 

Who  satisfieth  thy  mouth  with  good  things ;  so  that 
thy  youth  is  renewed  like  the  eagle's. 

The  Lord  executeth  righteousness  and  judgment 
for  all  that  are  oppressed. 


100  MANUAL   OF    FORMS. 

He  made  known  his  ways  unto  Moses,  his  acts  unto 
the  children  of  Israel. 

The  Lord  is  merciful  and  gracious,  slow  to  anger, 
and  plenteous  in  mercy. 

He  will  not  always  chide ;  neither  will  he  keep  his 
anger  for  ever. 

He  hath  not  dealt  with  us  after  our  sins ;  nor  re- 
warded us  according  to  our  iniquities. 

For  as  the  heaven  is  high  above  the  earth,  so  great 
is  his  mercy  toward  them  that  fear  him. 

As  far  as  the  east  is  from  the  west,  so  far  hath  he 
removed  our  transgressions  from  us. 

Like  as  a  father  pitieth  his  children,  so  the  Lord 
pitieth  them  that  fear  him. 

For  he  knoweth  our  frame;  he  remembereth  that 
we  are  dust. 

As  for  man,  his  days  are  as  grass :  as  a  flower  of 
the  field,  so  he  flourisheth. 

For  the  wind  passeth  over  it,  and  it  is  gone ;  and 
the  place  thereof  shall  know  it  no  more. 

But  the  mercy  of  the  Lord  is  from  everlasting  to 
everlasting  upon  them  that  fear  him,  and  his  right- 
eousness unto  children's  children ; 

To  such  as  keep  his  covenant,  and  to  those  that  re- 
member his  commandments  to  do  them. 

The  Lord  hath  prepared  his  throne  in  the  heavens ; 
and  his  kingdom  ruleth  over  all. 

Bless  the  Lord,  ye  his  angels,  that  excel  in  strength, 
that  do  his  commandments,  hearkening  unto  the  voice 
of  his  word. 

Bless  ye  the  Lord,  all  ye  his  hosts ;  ye  ministers  of 
his,  that  do  his  pleasure. 


IN   THE   SICK-ROOM.  101 

Bless  the  Lord,  all  his  works  in  all  places  of  his 
dominion :  bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul. 

John  xi.  1-46. 

Now  a  certain  man  was  sick,  named  Lazarus,  of 
Bethany,  the  town  of  Mary  and  her  sister  Martha. 
(It  was  Mary  which  anointed  the  Lord  with  ointment, 
and  wiped  his  feet  with  her  hair,  whose  brother  Laz- 
arus was  sick.)  Therefore  his  sisters  sent  unto  him, 
saying,  Lord,  behold,  he  whom  thou  lovest  is  sick. 
When  Jesus  heard  that,  he  said,  This  sickness  is  not 
unto  death,  but  for  the  glory  of  God,  that  the  Son  of 
God  might  be  glorified  thereby. 

Now  Jesus  loved  Martha,  and  her  sister,  and  Laz- 
arus. When  he  had  heard  therefore  that  he  was  sick, 
he  abode  two  days  still  in  the  same  place  where  he 
was.  Then  after  that  saith  he  to  his  disciples,  Let  us 
go  into  Judea  again. 

His  disciples  say  unto  him,  Master,  the  Jews  of  late 
sought  to  stone  thee ;  and  goest  thou  thither  again  ? 

Jesus  answered.  Are  there  not  twelve  hours  in  the 
day  ?  If  any  man  walk  in  the  day,  he  stumbleth  not, 
because  he  seeth  the  light  of  this  world.  But  if  a 
man  walk  in  the  night,  he  stumbleth,  because  there  is 
no  light  in  him.  These  things  said  he :  and  after  that 
he  saith  unto  them.  Our  friend  Lazarus  sleepeth ;  but 
I  go  that  I  may  awake  him  out  of  sleep. 

Then  said  his  disciples,  Lord,  if  he  sleep,  he  shall 
do  well. 

Howbeit  Jesus  spake  of  his  death :  but  they  thought 
that  he  had  spoken  of  taking  of  rest  in  sleep.  Then 
said  Jesus  unto  them  plainly,  Lazarus  is  dead.     And 


102  MANUAL   OF    FOKMS. 

I  am  glad  for  your  sakes  that  I  was  not  there,  to  the 
intent  ye  may  believe;  nevertheless,  let  us  go  unto 
him. 

Then  said  Thomas,  -which  is  called  Didymus,  unto 
his  fellow-disciples.  Let  us  also  go,  that  we  may  die 
with  him. 

Then  when  Jesus  came,  he  found  that  he  had  lain 
in  the  grave  four  days  already.  (Now  Bethany  was 
nigh  unto  Jerusalem,  about  fifteen  furlongs  ofi':)  and 
many  of  the  Jews  came  to  Martha  and  Mary,  to  com- 
fort them  concerning  their  brother.  Then  Martha,  as 
soon  as  she  heard  that  Jesus  was  coming,  went  and 
met  him  :  but  Mary  sat  still  in  the  house.  Then  said 
Martha  unto  Jesus,  Lord,  if  thou  hadst  been  here,  my 
brother  had  not  died.  But  I  know  that  even  now, 
whatsoever  thou  wilt  ask  of  God,  God  will  give  it 
thee. 

Jesus  saith  unto  her.  Thy  brother  shall  rise  again. 

Martha  saith  unto  him,  I  know  that  he  shall  rise 
again  in  the  resurrection  at  the  last  day. 

Jesus  said  unto  her,  I  am  the  resurrection,  and  the 
life :  he  that  belie veth  in  me,  though  he  were  dead, 
yet  shall  he  live :  and  whosoever  liveth,  and  believeth 
in  me,  shall  never  die.     Believest  thou  this  ? 

She  saith  unto  him.  Yea,  Lord  :  I  believe  that  thou 
art  the  Christ,  the  Son  of  God,  which  should  come 
into  the  world. 

And  when  she  had  so  said,  she  went  her  way,  and 
called  Mary  her  sister  secretly,  saying,  The  Master  is 
come,  and  calleth  for  thee.  As  soon  as  she  heard  that, 
she  arose  quickly,  and  came  unto  him.  Now  Jesus 
was  not  yet  come  into  the  town,  but  was  in  that  place 


IX    THE    SICK-ROOM.  103 

where  Martha  met  him.  The  Jews  then  which  were 
with  her  in  the  house,  and  comforted  her,  when  they 
saw  Mary  that  she  rose  up  hastily,  and  went  out,  fol- 
lowed her,  saying,  She  goeth  unto  the  grave  to  weep 
there.  Then  when  INIary  was  come  where  Jesus  was, 
and  saw  him,  she  fell  down  at  his  feet,  saying  unto 
him,  Lord,  if  thou  hadst  been  here,  my  brother  had 
not  died. 

When  Jesus  therefore  saw  her  weeping,  and  the 
Jews  also  weeping  which  came  with  her,  he  groaned 
in  the  spirit,  and  was  troubled,  and  said.  Where  have 
ye  laid  him  ?   They  say  unto  him.  Lord,  come  and  see. 

Jesus  wept. 

Then  said  the  Jew\s,  Behold  how  ho  loved  him ! 
And  some  of  them  said,  'Could  not  this  man,  whicli 
opened  the  eyes  of  the  blind,  have  caused  that  even 
this  man  should  not  have  died  ? 

Jesus  therefore  again  groaning  in  himself,  cometh 
to  the  grave.  It  was  a  cave,  and  a  stone  lay  upon  it. 
Jesus  said,  Take  ye  away  the  stone. 

Martha,  the  sister  of  him  that  was  dead,  saith  unto 
him,  Lord,  by  this  time  he  stinketh  :  for  he  hath  been 
dead  four  days. 

Jesus  saith  unto  her.  Said  I  not  unto  thee,  that  if 
thou  wouldest  believe,  thou  shouldest  see  the  glory  of 
God? 

Then  they  took  away  the  stone  from  the  place  where 
the  dead  was  laid.  And  Jesus  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and 
said.  Father,  I  thank  thee  that  thou  hast  heard  me : 
and  I  knew  that  thou  hearest  me  always :  but  because 
of  the  people  which  stand  by,  I  said  it,  that  they  may 
believe  that  thou  hast  sent  me.     And  when  he  thus 


104  MAXTAL   OF    FOEMS. 

had  spoken,  he  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  Lazarus,  come 
forth.  And  he  that  was  dead  came  forth,  bound  hand 
and  foot  with  grave-clothes :  and  his  face  was  bound 
about  with  a  napkin.  Jesus  saith  unto  them,  Loose 
him,  and  let  him  go. 

Then  many  of  the  Jews,  which  came  to  Mary,  and 
had  seen  the  things  which  Jesus  did,  believed  on  him. 
But  some  of  them  went  their  ways  to  the  Pharisees, 
and  told  them  what  things  Jesus  had  done. 

JOY  AND  HOPE. 

POMAXS   VIII. 

There  is  therefore  now  no  condemnation  to  them 
which  are  in  Christ  Jesus,  who  walk  not  after  the 
flesh,  but  after  the  Spirit.  For  the  law  of  the  Spirit 
of  life  in  Christ  Jesus,  hath  made  me  free  from  the 
law  of  sin  and  death.  For  what  the  la\Y  could  not  do, 
in  that  it  was  weak  through  the  flesh,  God  sending  his 
own  Son  in  the  likeness  of  sinful  flesh,  and  for  sin, 
condemned  sin  in  the  flesh :  that  the  righteousness 
of  the  law  might  be  fulfilled  in  us,  who  Avalk  not  after 
the  flesh,  but  after  the  Spirit.  For  they  that  are  after 
the  flesh,  do  mind  the  things  of  the  flesh :  but  they 
that  are  after  the  Spirit,  the  things  of  the  Spirit. 
For  to  be  carnally  minded  is  death ;  but  to  be 
spiritually  minded  is  life  and  peace :  because  the 
carnal  mind  is  enmity  against  God  :  for  it  is  not  sub- 
ject to  the  law  of  God,  neither  indeed  can  be.  So 
then  they  that  are  in  the  flesh  cannot  please  God. 
But  ye  are  not  in  the  flesh,  but  in  the  Spirit,  if  so  be 
that  the  Spirit  of  God  dwell  in  you.  Now,  if  any 
man  have  not  the  Spirit  of  Christ,  he  is  none  of  his. 


IX    THE   SICK-KOOM.  105 

And  if  Christ  be  in  you,  the  body  is  dead*because  of 
sin ;  but  the  Spirit  is  life  because  of  righteousness. 
But  if  the  Spirit  of  Him  that  raised  up  Jesus  from  the 
dead  dwelt  in  you,  He  that  raised  up  Christ  from  the 
dead  shall  also  quicken  your  mortal  bodies  by  his 
Spirit  that  dwelleth  in  you. 

Therefore,  brethren,  we  are  debtors  not  to  the  flesh, 
to  live  after  the  flesh.  For  if  ye  live  after  the  flesh, 
ye  shall  die :  but  if  ye  through  the  Spirit  do  mortify 
the  deeds  of  the  body,  ye  shall  live.  For  as  many  as 
are  led  by  the  Spirit  of  God,  they  are  the  sons  of  God. 
For  ye  have  not  received  the  spirit  of  bondage  again 
to  fear ;  but  ye  have  received  the  Spirit  of  adoption, 
■whereby  we  cry,  Abba,  Father.  The  Spirit  itself 
beareth  witness  with  our  spirit,  that  we  are  the  chil- 
dren of  God :  and  if  children,  then  heirs :  heirs  of 
God,  and  joint-heirs  with  Christ ;  if  so  be  that  we  suf- 
fer with  him,  that  we  may  be  also  glorified  together. 

For  J  reckon  that  the  sufferings  of  this  present  time 
are  not  worthy  to  be  compared  with  the  glory  which 
shall  be  revealed  in  us.  For  the  earnest  expectation 
of  the  creature  waiteth  for  the  manifestation  of  the 
sons  of  God.  For  the  creature  was  made  subject  to 
vanity,  not  willingly,  but  by  reason  of  Him  who  hath 
subjected  the  same  in  hope :  because  the  creature 
itself  also  shall  be  delivered  from  the  bondage  of 
corruption,  into  the  glorious  liberty  of  the  children 
of  God. 

For  we  know  that  the  whole  creation  groaneth,  and 
travaileth  in  pain  together  until  now :  and  not  only 
they,  but  ourselves  also,  which  have  the  first-fruits  of 
the  Spirit,  even  w'e  ourselves  groan  within  ourselves, 


106  MAXUAL    OF    FOEMS. 

waiting  for*  the  adoption,  to  ^nt,  the  redemption  of 
our  body.  For  we  are  saved  by  hope :  but  hope  that 
is  seen,  is  not  hope :  for  what  a  man  seeth,  why  doth 
he  yet  hope  for  ?  But  if  we  hope  for  that  we  see  not, 
then  do  we  with  patience  wait  for  it. 

Likewise  the  Spirit  also  helpeth  our  infirmities :  for 
we  know  not  what  we  should  pray  for  as  we  ought : 
but  the  Spirit  itself  maketh  intercession  for  us  with 
groanings  which  cannot  be  uttered.  And  He  that 
searcheth  the  hearts  kuoweth  what  is  the  mind  of  the 
Spirit,  because  he  maketh  intercession  for  the  saints 
according  to  the  wall  of  God. 

And  we  know  thai  all  things  work  together  fjr  good 
to  them  that  love  God,  to  them  who  are  the  called  ac- 
cording to  his  purpose.  For  whom  he  did  fVjreknow, 
he  also  did  predestinate  to  be  conformed  to  the  image 
of  his  Son,  that  he  might  be  the  first-born  among 
manv  brethren.  Moreover,  whom  he  did  predestinate, 
them  he  also  called :  and  whom  he  called,  them  he 
also  justified :  and  whom  he  justified,  them  he  also 
glorified. 

What  shall  we  then  say  to  these  things  ?  If  God 
be  for  us,  who  can  be  against  us?  He  that  spared 
not  his  own  Son,  but  delivered  him  up  for  us  all,  how 
shall  he  not  with  him  also  freely  give  us  all  things  ? 
Who  shall  lay  anything  to  the  charge  of  God's  elect  ? 
It  is  God  that  justifieth.  Who  is  he  that  condemneth  ? 
It  is  Christ  that  died,  yea  rather,  that  is  risen  again, 
who  is  even  at  the  right  hand  of  God,  who  also 
maketh  intercession  for  us. 

Who  shall  separate  us  from  the  love  of  Christ? 
Shall  tribulation,  or  distress,  or  persecution,  or  famine, 


IN    THE    SICK-ROOM.  107 

or  nakedness,  or  peril,  or  sword?  As  it  is  written, 
For  thy  sake  we  are  killed  all  the  day  long ;  we  are 
accounted  as  sheep  for  the  slaughter.  Nay,  in  all 
these  things  we  are  more  than  conquerors,  through 
Him  that  loved  us.  For  I  am  2:)ersuaded,  that  neither 
death,  nor  life,  nor  angels,  nor  principalities,  nor 
powers,  nor  things  present,  nor  things  to  come,  nor 
height,  nor  depth,  nor  any  other  creature,  shall  be 
able  to  separate  us  from  the  love  of  God,  which  is  in 
Christ  Jesus  our  Lord. 

1  Corinthians  xv.  12-26  and  39-58. 

Now  if  Christ  be  preached  that  he  rose  from  the 
dead,  how  say  some  among  you  that  there  is  no  resur- 
rection of  the  dead  ?  But  if  there  be  no  resurrection 
of  the  dead,  then  is  Christ  not  risen :  and  if  Christ  be 
not  risen,  then  is  our  preaching  vain,  and  your  faith 
is  also  vain.  Yea,  and  we  are  found  false  witnesses  of 
God  ;  because  w^e  have  testified  of  God  that  he  raised 
up  Christ :  whom  he  raised  not  up,  if  so  be  that  the 
dead  rise  not.  For  if  the  dead  rise  not,  then  is  not 
Christ  raised :  and  if  Christ  be  not  raised,  your  faith 
is  vain ;  ye  are  yet  in  your  sins.  Then  they  also 
which  are  fallen  asleep  in  Christ  are  perished.  If  in 
this  life  only  we  have  hope  in  Christ,  we  are  of  all 
men  most  miserable. 

But  now  is  Christ  risen  from  the  dead,  and  become 
the  first-fruits  of  them  that  slept.  For  since  by  man 
came  death,  by  man  came  also  the  resurrection  of  the 
dead.  For  as  in  Adam  all  die,  even  so  in  Christ  shall 
all  be  made  alive.  But  every  man  in  his  own  order  : 
Christ  the  first-fruits;  afterward  they  that  are  Christ's 


108  MANUAL   OF    FOEMS. 

at  his  coming.  Then  cometh  the  end,  when  he  shall 
have  delivered  up  the  kingdom  to  God,  even  the 
Father ;  when  he  shall  have  put  down  all  rule,  and 
all  authority,  and  power.  For  he  must  reign,  till  he 
hath  put  ^all  enemies  under  his  feet.  The  last  enemy 
that  shall  be  destroyed  is  death.  .  .  . 

All  flesh  is  not  the  same  flesh ;  but  there  is  one 
kind  of  flesh  of  men,  another  flesh  of  beasts,  another 
of  fishes,  and  another  of  birds.  There  are  also  celes- 
tial bodies,  and  bodies  terrestrial:  but  the  glory  of 
the  celestial  is  one,  and  the  glory  of  the  terrestrial  is 
another.  There  is  one  glory  of  the  sun,  and  another 
glory  of  the  moon,  and  another  glory  of  the  stars ;  for 
one  star  differeth  from  another  star  in  glory.  So  also 
is  the  resurrection  of  the  dead.  It  is  sown  in  corrup- 
tion, it  is  raised  in  incorruption :  it  is  sown  in  dis- 
honor, it  is  raised  in  glory :  it  is  sown  in  weakness,  it 
is  raised  in  power :  it  is  sown  a  natural  body,  it  is 
raised  a  spiritual  body.  There  is  a  natural  body,  and 
there  is  a  spiritual  body. 

And  so  it  is  written,  The  first  man  Adam  was  made 
a  living  soul,  the  last  Adam  was  made  a  quickening 
spirit.  Howbeit,  that  was  not  first  which  is  spiritual, 
but  that  which  is  natural ;  and  afterward  that  which 
is  spiritual.  The  first  man  is  of  the  earth,  earthy: 
the  second  man  is  the  Lord  from  heaven.  As  is  the 
earthy,  such  are  they  also  that  are  earthy :  and  as  is 
the  heavenly,  such  are  they  also  that  are  heavenly. 
And  as  w^e  have  borne  the  image  of  the  earthy,  we 
shall  also  bear  the  image  of  the  heavenly. 

Kow  this  I  say,  brethren,  that  flesh  and  blood 
cannot  inherit  the  kingdom  of  God ;  neither  doth  cor- 


IN    THE    SICK-KOOM.  lOD 

ruption  inherit  in  corruption.  Behold,  I  show  you  a 
mystery ;  We  shall  not  all  sleep,  but  -we  shall  all  be 
changed,  in  a  moment,  in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye,  at 
the  last  trump :  for  the  trumpet  shall  sound,  and  the 
dead  shall  be  raised  incorruptible,  and  we  shall  be 
changed.  For  this  corruptible  must  put  on  incor- 
ruption,  and  this  mortal  must  put  on  immortality. 
So  when  this  corruptible  shall  have  put  on  incor- 
ruption,  and  this  mortal  shall  have  put  on  immor- 
tality, then  shall  be  brought  to  pass  the  saying  that 
is  written,  Death  is  swallowed  up  in  victory,  O  death, 
where  is  thy  sting?  O  grave,  where  is  thy  victory? 
The  sting  of  death  is  sin,  and  the  strength  of  sin  is 
the  law.  But  thanks  be  to  God,  which  giveth  us  the 
victory,  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Therefore,  my  beloved  brethren,  be  ye  steadfast,  un- 
movable,  always  abounding  in  the  work  of  the  Lord, 
forasmuch  as  ye  know  that  your  labor  is  not  in  vain 
in  the  Lord. 

Revelations  xxii. 

And  he  showed  me  a  pure  river  of  water  of  life, 
clear  as  crystal,  proceeding  out  of  the  throne  of  God 
and  of  the  Lamb.  In  the  midst  of  the  street  of  it, 
and  on  either  side  of  the  river,  was  there  the  tree  of 
life,  which  bare  twelve  manner  of  fruits,  and  yielded 
her  fruit  every  month  :  and  the  leaves  of  the  tree  were 
for  the  healing  of  the  nations.  And  there  shall  be  no 
more  curse :  but  the  throne  of  God  and  of  the  Lamb 
shall  be  in  it ;  and  his  servants  shall  serve  him.  And 
they  shall  see  his  face ;  and  his  name  shall  be  in  their 
foreheads.  And  there  shall  be  no  night  there;  and 
they  need  no  candle,  neither  light  of  the  sun ;  for  the 


110  MAXUAL   OF   FOEMS. 

Lord  God  givetli  them  light :  and  they  shall  reign  for 
ever  and  ever. 

And  he  said  unto  me,  These  sayings  are  faithful 
and  true ;  and  the  Lord  God  of  the  holy  prophets  sent 
his  angel  to  show  unto  his  servants  the  things  which 
must  shortly  be  done.  Behold,  I  come  quickly :  blessed 
is  he  that  keepeth  the  sayings  of  the  prophecy  of  this 
book. 

And  I  John  saw  these  things,  and  heard  them. 
And  when  I  had  heard  and  seen,  I  fell  down  to  wor- 
ship before  the  feet  of  the  angel  which  showed  me 
these  things. 

Then  saith  he  unto  me,  See  thou  do  it  not :  for  I  am 
thy  fellow-servant,  and  of  thy  brethren  the  prophets, 
and  of  them  which  keep  the  sayings  of  this  book: 
worship  God.  And  he  saith  unto  me.  Seal  not  the 
sayings  of  the  prophecy  of  this  book :  for  the  time  is 
at  hand.  He  that  is  unjust,  let  him  be  unjust  still : 
and  he  which  is  filthy,  let  him  be  filthy  still :  and  he 
that  is  righteous,  let  him  be  righteous  still:  and  he 
that  is  holy,  let  him  be  holy  still.  And  behold,  I 
come  quickly;  and  my  reward  is  with  me,  to  give 
every  man  according  as  his  work  shall  be.  I  am 
Alpha  and  Omega,  the  beginning  and  the  end,  the 
first  and  the  last. 

Blessed  are  they  that  do  his  commandments,  that 
they  may  have  right  to  the  tree  of  life,  and  may  enter 
in  through  the  gates  into  the  city.  For  without  are 
dogs,  and  sorcerers,  and  whoremongers,  and  murder- 
ers, and  idolaters,  and  whosoever  loveth  and  maketh 
a  lie. 

I  Jesus  have  sent  mine  angel  to  testify  unto  you 


IN    THE   SICK-ROOM.  Ill 

these  things  in  the  churches.  I  am  the  root  and  tlie 
offjjpring  of  David,  and  the  bright  and  morning  star. 

And  the  Spirit  and  the  bride  say,  Come.'  And  k^t 
him  that  heareth  say,  Come.  And  let  him  that  is 
athirst,  come:  and  Avhosoever  will,  let  him  take  the 
water  of  life  freely. 

For  I  testify  unto  every  man  that  licareth  the 
words  of  the  prophecy  of  this  book,  If  any  man  shall 
add  unto  these  things,  God  shall  add  unto  him  the 
plagues  that  are  written  in  this  book :  and  if  any  man 
shall  take  away  from  the  words  of  the  book  of  this 
prophecy,  God  shall  take  away  his  part  out  of  the 
book  of  life,  and  out  of  the  holy  city,  and  from  the 
things  which  are  written  in  this  book. 

He  which  testifieth  these  things  saith.  Surely,  I 
come  quickly;  Amen.     Even  so,  come,  Lord  Jesus. 

The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  be  with  you 
all.     Amen. 


PRAYERS 

SUITABLE  FOR  THE   USE  OF  THE   PASTOR  IN  THE 
CHAMBER  OF  THE  SICK  OR  DYING, 

IN  THE  CASE  OF  ONE  EEPENTING  OF  SIN. 
Most  merciful  God,  who  according  to  the  multitude 
of  thy  mercies  dost  so  put  away  the  sins  of  those  who 
truly  repent  that  thou  rememberest  them  no  more, 
open  thine  eye  of  mercy  upon  this  thy  servant,  who 
earnestly  desireth  pardon  and  forgiveness.  Create  in 
him  a  clean  heart  and  renew  a  right  spirit  within  /h'wj, 


112  MANUAL   OF    FORMS. 

and  restore  whatever  may  have  been  decayed  by  the 
snares  of  Satan  or  by  hu  own  carnal  will  and  frail- 
ness. Consider  his  contrition,  accept  his  tears,  assuage 
his  pain,  comfort  his  heart,  as  shall  seem  to  thee  most 
expedient  for  him.  And  forasmuch  as  he  trusteth 
only  in  the  righteousness  and  promise  of  thy  Son  Je- 
sus Christ,  impute  not  unto  him  his  former  sins,  but 
accept  Aiwi  as  righteous  in  thy  sight,  and  strengthen 
and  endue  him  plenteously  with  every  grace  by  thy 
blessed  Spirit.  And  when  thou  art  pleased  to  take 
him  hence,  take  him  into  thy  favor,  through  the  merits 
of  thy  most  dearly  beloved  Son,  Jesus  Christ,  our 
Lord.    Amen. 

IX  THE  CASE  OF  A  SICK  CHEISTIAN. 
O  BLESSED  LoED,  the  Father  of  mercies  and  God 
of  all  consolation,  we  beseech  thee  look  down  with  in- 
finite pity  and  compassion  upon  this  thy  sick  servant. 
Eemember  the  sharpness  and  weariness  of  his  pains. 
Break  not  the  bruised  reed  nor  quench  the  smoking 
flax,  but  make  him  to  hear  joy  and  gladness,  that  the 
bones  which  thou  hast  broken  may  rejoice.  Deliver 
him  from  the  snares  and  temptation  of  Satan ;  from 
all  impatience  and  repining  at  thy  chastisement ;  from 
all  unbelief  and  distrust  in  thy  mercies  ;  from  improper 
fears  of  death  and  immoderate  desires  for  life.  Grant 
unto  him  sincere  repentance  for  his  sins,  and  perfect 
assurance  that  they  have  been  forgiven  and  his  com- 
plete salvation  secured  through  the  atoning  sacrifice 
and  efiectual  mediation  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Je- 
sus Christ.  Sanctify  to  hirn  all  his  afflictions,  and, 
though  very  grievous  to  the  flesh,  may  they  begin, 


IN    THE   SICK-ROOM.  113 

even  now,  to  work  out  for  him  a  far  more  exceeding 
and  an  eternal  weight  of  glory.  Prepare  him  for  all 
that  thou  hast  prepared  for  him.  Give  him  to  see  the 
desire  of  his  heart  in  the  well-beiug  and  the  well-doing 
of  all  bound  to  him  by  the  ties  of  natural  affection. 
And  at  last  give  to  him  an  abundant  entrance  into 
thy  heavenly  home. 

O  blessed  Jesus,  we  cast  ourselves  upon  thy  mercy  : 
by  thy  cross  and  passion,  by  thy  precious  death  and 
burial,  by  thy  glorious  resurrection  and  ascension,  and 
by  the  coming  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  deliver  us,  O  Lord, 
and  hear  our  prayer.     Amen. 


IN  THE  CASE  OF  ONE  ABOUT  TO  DIE. 

O  God  the  Father,  Father  of  the  spirits  of  all  men  ; 
O  God  the  Son,  who  has  washed  away  our  sins  by  his 
own  blood,  and  who  by  his  resurrection  has  brought 
life  and  immortality  to  light ;  O  God  the  Holy  Ghost, 
Regenerator,  Sanctifier  and  Comforter  of  thy  saints, — 
have  compassion  now,  we  beseech  thee,  upon  the  low 
estate  of  thy  servant  lying  in  the  extremity  of  sick- 
ness. We  commend  unto  thee  his  soul  as  into  the 
hands  of  a  faithful  Creator  and  most  merciful  Saviour. 
Wash  him  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb  from  all  guilt. 
Finish  in  him  thy  perfect  work  of  sanctification,  en- 
duing him  plenteously  with  every  grace,  rendering 
him  complete  in  all  the  fullness  of  Christ.  Though 
his  flesh  and  his  heart  faileth,  be  thou  the  strength  of 
his  heart  and  his  portion  for  ever.  Give  thy  peace  to 
him,  and  let  not  his  heart  be  troubled,  neither  let  it 
be  afraid.      Having  gone  and  prepared  a  place  for 


114  MANUAL   OF   FOEMS. 

him,  come  now  again  and  receive  him  unto  thyself, 
that  where  thou  art  there  he  may  be  also. 

And  graciously  comfort  us  who  mourn.  Silence 
the  murmurings  of  our  rebellious  hearts.  Enable  us 
to  say  with  thy  servant  of  old,  "  The  Lord  gave,  and 
the  Lord  taketh  away,  blessed  is  the  name  of  the 
Lord."  Make  us  mindful  of  our  own  mortality,  and 
teach  us  so  to  number  our  days  that  we  may  seriously 
apply  our  hearts  to  that  heavenly  wisdom  which  may 
in  the  end  bring  us  to  life  everlasting,  through  the 
merits  of  Jesus  Christ,  thine  only  Son  our  Lord. 
Amen. 


HYMNS   FOR   THE   SICK-ROOM.  115 

HYMNS  FOR  THE   SICK-ROOM. 


S.  M.  D. 

1  I  WAS  a  wandering  sheep, 

I  did  not  love  tlie  fold, 
I  did  not  love  my  Shepherd's  voice, 

I  would  not  be  controlled : 
I  was  a  wayward  child, 

I  did  not  love  my  home, 
I  did  not  love  my  Father's  voice, 

I  loved  afar  to  roam, 

2  The  Shepherd  sought  his  sheep, 

The  Father  sought  his  child : 
He  followed  me  o'er  vale  and  hill. 

O'er  deserts  waste  and  wild  : 
He  found  me  nigh  to  death. 

Famished,  and  faint,  and  lone ; 
He  bound  me  with  the  bands  of  love, 

He  saved  the  wandering  one. 

3  Jesus  my  Shepherd  is ; 

'Twas  he  that  loved  my  soul, 
'Twas  he  that  washed  me  in  his  blood, 

'Twas  he  that  made  me  whole  : 
'Twas  he  that  sought  the  lost. 

That  found  the  wandering  sheep, 
'Twas  he  that  brought  me  to  the  fold, 

'Tis  he  that  still  doth  keep. 

4  No  more  a  wandering  sheep, 

I  love  to  be  controlled, 


116  MANUAL   OF   FORMS. 

I  love  my  tender  Shepherd's  voice, 
I  love  the  peaceful  fold : 

No  more  a  wayward  child, 
I  seek  no  more  to  roam ; 

I  love  my  heavenly  Father's  voice, 
I  love,  I  love  his  home ! 


7s  D. 

1  Jesus,  lover  of  my  soul ! 

Let  me  to  thy  bosom  fly 
While  the  billows  near  me  roll, 

While  the  tempest  still  is  high ; 
Hide  me,  0  my  Saviour,  hide. 

Till  the  storm  of  life  is  past ; 
Safe  into  the  haven  guide. 

Oh,  receive  my  soul  at  last. 

2  Other  refuge  have  I  none. 

Hangs  my  helpless  soul  on  thee ; 
Leave,  ah !  leave  me  not  alone. 

Still  support  and  comfort  me. 
All  my  trust  on  thee  is  stayed. 

All  my  help  from  thee  I  bring ; 
Cover  my  defenceless  head 

With  the  shadow  of  thy  wing. 

3  Thou,  O  Christ !  art  all  I  want. 

More  than  all  in  thee  I  find ; 
Eaise  the  fallen,  cheer  the  faint, 

Heal  the  sick  and  lead  the  blind. 
Just  and  holy  is  thy  name, 

I  am  all  unrighteousness ; 


HYMNS   FOR   THE   SICK-EOOM.  117 

False  and  fiill  of  sin  I  am, 

Thou  art  full  of  truth  and  grace. ' 

4  Plenteous  grace  with  thee  is  found — 

Grace  to  cover  all  my  sin ; 
Let  the  healing  streams  abound, 

Make  and  keep  me  pure  within. 
Thou  of  life  the  fountain  art, 

Freely  let  me  take  of  thee ; 
Spring  thou  up  within  my  heart, 

Rise  to  all  eternity. 


7s,  6  lines. 
Rock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me ! 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  thee ; 
Let  the  water  and  the  blood 
From  thy  riven  side  which  flowed, 
Be  of  sin  the  double  cure ; 
Cleanse  me  from  its  guilt  and  power. 

Not  the  labors  of  my  hands 
Can  fulfill  thy  law's  demands ; 
Could  my  zeal  no  respite  know, 
Could  my  tears  for  ever  flow. 
All  for  sin  could  not  atone : 
Thou  must  save,  and  thou  alone. 

Nothing  in  my  hand  I  bring. 
Simply  to  thy  cross  I  cling ; 
Naked,  come  to  thee  for  dress, 
Helpless,  look  to  thee  for  grace, 
Foul,  I  to  the  fountain  fly ; 
Wash  me,  Saviour !  or  I  die. 


118  MAXUAL   OF   FOEMS. 

4  Whilst  I  draw  this  fleeting  breath, 
When  my  eyelids  close  in  death, 
When  I  soar  through  worlds  unknown. 
See  thee  on  thy  judgment  throne  ; 
Eock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me ! 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  thee. 


6s  and  4s. 
My  faith  looks  up  to  thee, 
Thou  Lamb  of  Calvary, 

Saviour  divine ! 
Now  hear  me  while  I  pray, 
Take  all  my  guilt  away, 
Oh,  let  me,  from  this  day, 

Be  wholly  thine. 

May  thy  rich  grace  impart 
Strength  to  my  fainting  heart, 

My  zeal  inspire ; 
As  thou  hast  died  for  me. 
Oh,  may  my  love  to  thee 
Pure,  warm  and  changeless  be, 

A  living  fire. 

While  life's  dark  maze  I  tread. 
And  griefs  around  me  sj^read. 

Be  thou  my  Guide ; 
Bid  darkness  turn  to  day, 
Wipe  sorrow's  tears  away, 
Kor  let  me  ever  stray 

From  thee  aside. 


HYMNS   FOR   FUNERALS.  119 

When  ends  life's  transient  dream, 
When  death's  cold,  sullen  stream. 

Shall  o'er  me  roll. 
Blest  Saviour !  then,  in  love, 
Fear  and  distrust  remove ; 
Oh,  bear  me  safe  above, 

A  ransomed  soul. 


HYMNS  FOR  FUNERALS. 


CM. 

1  Why  do  we  mourn  departing  friends 

Or  shake  at  death's  alarms  ? 
'Tis  but  the  voice  that  Jesus  sends 
To  call  them  to  his  arms. 

2  Are  we  not  tending  upward  too 

As  fast  as  time  can  move  ? 
Nor  should  we  wish  the  hours  more  slow 
To  keep  us  from  our  love. 

3  Why  should  we  tremble  to  convey 

Their  bodies  to  the  tomb  ? 
There  the  dear  flesh  of  Jesus  lay, 
And  left  a  long  perfume. 

4  The  graves  of  all  the  saints  he  blessed, 

And  softened  every  bed ; 
Where  should  the  dying  members  rest 
But  with  their  dying  Head  ? 


120  MAXUAL   OF    FOEMS. 

5  Thence  lie  arose,  ascended  higli, 

And  showed  our  feet  the  way ; 
Up  to  the  Lord  our  flesh  shall  fly 
At  the  great  rising  day. 

6  Then  let  the  last  loud  trumpet  sound, 

And  bid  our  kindred  rise ; 
Awake,  ye  nations  under  ground ; 
Ye  saints,  ascend  the  skies. 


CM. 

1  Jerusalem,  my  happy  home, 

Name  ever  dear  to  me. 
When  shall  my  labors  have  an  end, 
In  joy  and  peace  and  thee? 

2  There  happier  bowers  than  Eden's  bloom, 

Nor  sin  nor  sorrow  know ; 
Blest  seats !  through  rude  and  stormy  scenes 
I  onward  press  to  you. 

3  Why  should  I  shrink  at  pain  and  woe. 

Or  feel  at  death  dismay  ? 
I've  Canaan's  goodly  land  in  view. 
And  realms  of  endless  day. 

4  Apostles,  martyrs,  prophets,  there 

Around  my  Saviour  stand. 
And  soon  my  friends  in  Christ  below 
Will  join  the  glorious  band. 

5  Jerusalem,  my  happy  home. 

My  soul  still  pants  for  thee  ; 
Then  shall  my  labors  have  an  end 
When  I  thy  joys  shall  see. 


HYMNS    FOll    FUNERALS.  121 

7s  and  6s. 
KiSE,  my  soul,  and  stretch  thy  wings, 

Thy  better  portion  trace ; 
Rise  from  transitory  things 

Toward  heaven,  thy  native  place. 
Sun  and  moon  and  stars  decay  ; 

Time  shall  soon  this  earth  remove ; 
Rise,  my  soul,  and  haste  away, 

To  seats  prepared  above. 

Rivers  to  the  ocean  run, 

Nor  stay  in  all  their  course  ; 
Fire  ascending  seeks  the  sun, 

Both  speed  them  to  their  source. 
So  a  soul  that's  born  of  God 

Pants  to  view  his  glorious  face, 
Upward  tends  to  his  abode, 

To  rest  in  his  embrace. 

Cease,  ye  pilgrims,  cease  to  mourn  ; 

Press  onward  to  the  prize ; 
Soon  our  Saviour  will  return, 

Triumphant  in  the  skies. 
Yet  a  season,  and  you  know 

Happy  entrance  will  be  given ; 
All  our  sorrows  left  below. 

And  earth  exchanged  for  heaven. 


122  MAIOJAL   OF   FOEMS. 


THE  TEN  COMMANDMENTS. 
Exodus  xx. 
God  sj)ake  all  these  words,  saying,  I  am  the  Lord 
thy  God,  which  have  brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of  bondage. 

I.  Thou  shalt  have  no  other  gods  before  me. 

II.  Thou  shalt  not  make  unto  thee  any  graven  im- 
age, or  any  likeness  of  any  thing  that  is  in  heaven 
above,  or  that  is  in  the  earth  beneath,  or  that  is  in  the 
water  under  the  earth :  thou  shalt  not  bow  down  thy- 
self to  them  nor  serve  them :  for  I  the  Lord  thy  God 
am  a  jealous  God,  visiting  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers 
upon  the  children  unto  the  third  and  fourth  generation 
of  them  that  hate  me ;  and  showing  mercy  unto  thou- 
sands of  them  that  love  me  and  keep  my  command- 
ments. 

III.  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of  the  Lord  thy 
God  in  vain,  for  the  Lord  will  not  hold  him  guiltless 
that  taketh  his  name  in  vain. 

IV.  Kemember  the  Sabbath  day  to  keep  it  holy. 
Six  days  shalt  thou  labor,  and  do  all  thy  work :  but 
the  seventh  day  is  the  Sabbath  of  the  Lord  thy  God : 
in  it  thou  shalt  not  do  any  work,  thou,  nor  thy  son, 
nor  thy  daughter,  thy  man-servant,  nor  thy  maid-ser- 
vant, nor  thy  cattle,  nor  thy  stranger  that  is  within 
thy  gates :  for  in  six  days  the  Lord  made  heaven  and 
earth,  the  sea,  and  all  that  in  them  is,  and  rested  the 
seventh  day :  wherefore  the  Lord  blessed  the  Sabbath 
day,  and  hallowed  it. 


THE  lord's  PEAYER — THE  CREED.  123 

V.  Honor  thy  father  and  thy  mother,  that  thy  days 
may  be  long  upon  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
giveth  thee. 

VI.  Thou  shalt  not  kill. 

VII.  Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery. 

VIII.  Thou  shalt  not  steal. 

IX.  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  witness  against  thy 
neighbor. 

X.  Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbor's  house,  thou 
shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbor's  wife,  nor  his  man-ser- 
vant, nor  his  maid-servant,  nor  his  ox,  nor  his  ass,  nor 
any  thing  that  is  thy  neighbor's. 

THE  LOKD'S  PKAYEK. 

Our  Father  Avhich  art  in  heaven,  Hallowed  be  thy 
name.  Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  will  be  done  in 
earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven.  Give  us  this  day  our  daily 
bread.  And  forgive  us  our  debts,  as  we  forgive  our 
debtors.  And  lead  us  not  into  temptation,  but  de- 
liver us  from  evil.  For  thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the 
power,  and  the  glory,  for  ever.     Amen. 

THE  CREED. 

(commonly  called  the  apostles'  creed.) 
I  believe  in  God  the  Father  Almighty,  Maker  of 
heaven  and  earth ;  and  in  Jesus  Christ,  his  only  Son, 
our  Lord,  who  w^as  conceived  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  born 
of  the  Virgin  Mary,  suffered  under  Pontius  Pilate,  w^as 
crucified,  dead  and  buried ;  he  descended  into  hell ; 
the  third  day  he  rose  again  from  the  dead;  he  as- 
cended into  heaven,  and  sitteth  on  the  right  hand  of 
God  the  Father  Almighty ;  from  thence  he  shall  come 


124  MANUAL   OF   FOEMS. 

to  judge  the  quick  and  the  dead.  I  believe  in  the 
Holy  Ghost,  the  holy  Catholic  Church,  the  com- 
munion of  saints,  the  forgiveness  of  sins,  the  resur- 
rection of  the  body,  and  the  life  everlasting.     Amen. 

The  Creed  as  Amended  by  the  Councils  op 
Nice  and  Constantinople,  A.  D.  325,  381. 

I  believe  in  one  God,  the  Father  Almighty,  Maker 
of  heaven  and  earth,  and  of  all  things  visible  and  in- 
visible. 

And  in  one  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  only-begotten 
Son  of  God,  begotten  of  the  Father  before  all  worlds, 
God  of  God,  Light  of  Light,  very  God  of  very  God, 
begotten  not  made,  being  of  one  substance  with  the 
Father ;  by  whom  all  things  were  made ;  who,  for  us 
men  and  for  our  salvation,  came  down  from  heaven, 
and  was  incarnate  by  the  Holy  Ghost  of  the  Virgin 
Mary,  and  was  made  man ;  and  was  crucified  also  for 
us  under  Pontius  Pilate  ;  he  suffered  and  was  buried ; 
and  the  third  day  he  rose  again,  according  to  the 
Scriptures,  and  ascended  into  heaven,  and  sitteth  on 
the  right  hand  of  the  Father ;  and  he  shall  come 
again  with  glory  to  judge  both  the  quick  and  the 
}  dead ;  whose  kingdom  shall  have  no  end. 

And  I  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost,  the  Lord  and 
Giver  of  life ;  who  proceedeth  from  the  Father  and 
the  Son ;  who  with  the  Father  and  the  Son  together 
is  worshiped  and  glorified;  who  spake  by  the 
Prophets.  And  I  believe  one  Holy  Catholic  and 
Apostolic  Church.  I  acknowledge  one  Baptism  for 
the  remission  of  sins ;  and  I  look  for  the  resurrection 
of  the  dead,  and  the  life  of  the  world  to  come.    Amen. 


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